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House for 12 philosophers, Kilmartin, Scotland 2012

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Study project to design a house for "philosophers retreat". The result is a complex for 12 philosophers which engages with the village and landscape, allowing everyone to step on path of thinking and wondering.

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LIBRARY - CORRIDOR12 philosophers-12 desks-12 bookcases1 view on to the quarry- nothingness/imagination/meditation

NORTH ENTRANCE/EXIT JOURNEY STARTS WITH PASSING TROUGH MEADOWS AND FLOURISHING GARDENWHICH SYMBOLISES LIFE. IT STARTS WITH PASSING A RURAL STONE WALL

AND TERMINATES WHEN REACHING PHILOSOPHER HOUSE

THE PATHWAY THEN LEADS DOWN TO QUARRY WHICH IS SEEN BUT NOTPHYSICALLY TOUCHED AND EXPERIENCED AS IT SYIMBOLISES DEATH

AND ALLOWS TO THINK WHAT HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE.

BIG GLAZING REFLECTSTHE OPPOSITE HILLALLOWING BUILDING

TO FIT IN THESURROUNDING

SOUTH ENTRANCE/EXIT+DISCUSSION ROOM