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Godless Pious: Buddhist Sacred Space, Holly Kang
Godless Pious: Buddhist Sacred Space, Holly Kang
Architecture Thesis Prep
The present dissonance between the practice and architecture of Buddhism can be resolved through the programmatic revision of the sacred complex that prioritizes the interdependence of the sacred, the banal and the profane.
Contemporary Sacred Space, George Guarino Iii
Contemporary Sacred Space, George Guarino Iii
Architecture Thesis Prep
I’m interested in the kind of constituency that thinks something along these lines: that
thinks, “I can’t believe in any of this stuff. I can’t believe in the doctrines. I don’t think these
doctrines are right. But,” a very important but, “I love Christmas carols. I really like the art
of Mantegna. I really like looking at old churches. I really like turning the pages of the Old
Testament.” Whatever it may be, you know the kind of thing I’m talking about -- people
who are attracted to the ritualistic side, the moralistic, communal side of religion, but can’t
bear …