The intention of this project is to establish a modern, sustainable community that is based on every religion and yet united in none. Its aim is to allow every individual to find a common link between their religious and life beliefs within this architecture. In order for the architecture of religious syncretism, or deconstructed contemporary monastery, to succeed in this task, it must be impersonal. To achieve this, it should evoke elements from all architectural styles and historical periods but without direct reference to any particular one.

I have analyzed sacred scriptures, such as the Bible, Torah, and Quran, searching for quotes that describe spaces, and attempted to visualize them.

Job 26:7 : "He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing."

Job 5:10 : "He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside."

Exodus 25:40 : "See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

William Blake: "If the door of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is, INFINITE.."

From this concept, I created the following hand-drawn diagrams, which later helped me develop the volumetrics of the monastery itself.

The working methodology involved the initial creation of ambient studies, which were primarily referencing previous diagrams and quotes from sacred scriptures.

These studies later led to the embodiment of the entire monastery, shaping its volumetrics and form.

You can see whole project, with architecture drawings on: https://www.behance.net/xamaxs