7Editor's ChoiceFacing NatureA peaceful sanctuary within Beijing, filled with raw natural materials. Entering through a threshold, marking the transition from busy Beijing, to peaceful sanctuary, where one deposits all material things, and then journey underground through the site, with circular courtyards framing trees and corridors leading to meditation pods.
10A Center for Faith Agnostics The Center for Faith Agnostics is a place of universal welcome. At its simplest, it is a pavilion in a public park. However, for those seeking answers to deeper questions, the Center offers an opportunity to engage with the intersection between physical and spiritual in a series of chapels dedicated to air, fire, water and earth.
11The meditation centerThe main idea of the project is to create a space for contemplation and reconnection with nature, to create conditions for meditation, yoga and meditative walking, which have contributed to mental recovery, relaxation and a break from daily bustle.
16SunyataThe philosophy of Buddhist emptiness was expressed in architecture and designed as a place of meditation. It is to find peace of mind through empty architecture. It designed a space to relieve stress in the mind and seek mental recovery.
115People's Choice AwardMangataMangata : The reflection of the moon on water. “Let the water settle, You will see the moon mirrored in your being” -Rumi