Metamorphosis Γιόγκα Shala Κτίριο by Constantinos Yanniotis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award in Σχεδιασμός Αρχιτεκτονικής, Κτιρίων και Κατασκευών Competition Category.
ΣιδερένιοΑρχιτεκτονική· 2022
Metamorphosis Γιόγκα Shala Κτίριο
Client: Yanniotis & Assosiates | Architects & Consulting Engineers
Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award Winner in Αρχιτεκτονική Category
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The Design
About Metamorphosis Γιόγκα Shala Κτίριο
Αυτό το έργο αφορά μια πρόταση Yoga Shala που υποβλήθηκε σε έναν Διεθνή Διαγωνισμό Αρχιτεκτονικής. Η τοποθεσία είναι μέρος ενός ορεινού συγκροτήματος Yoga Retreat που βρίσκεται σε μια μαγευτική δασική περιοχή της κεντρικής Πορτογαλίας. Το νέο κτίριο Yoga Shala είναι εμπνευσμένο από τη φιλοσοφία της Yoga, καθώς είναι μια πνευματική πρακτική παρά μια σωματική άσκηση. Η νέα ανάπτυξη εκτός από το Shala με χώρο αίθριου, αποτελείται από τον όγκο του σπηλαίου Teahouse. Και τα δύο κτίρια πλαισιώνονται από τα βιομορφικά ξεριζωμένα νησιά του κήπου, τα καμπυλόγραμμα περιπατητικά πέτρινα μονοπάτια και τα επίπεδα καλλιεργητικών δραστηριοτήτων.
The Recognition
About the Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award
Το σχέδιο Metamorphosis Γιόγκα Shala Κτίριο κέρδισε το Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award, μια διακεκριμένη αναγνώριση που απονέμεται σε καλά σχέδια που πληρούν τις επαγγελματικές και βιομηχανικές απαιτήσεις που αναμένονται από καλοσχεδιασμένες δημιουργίες. Οι νικητές του Σιδερένιου Βραβείου επιδεικνύουν μεγάλη δεξιοτεχνία, υψηλή εξειδίκευση, ειδική κατανόηση και δημιουργική ικανότητα των δημιουργών τους. Το σχέδιο Metamorphosis Γιόγκα Shala Κτίριο αναμένεται να είναι μια πολύ εκτιμημένη, θαυμαστή και αγαπημένη δημιουργία που είναι πρακτική και καινοτόμα. Αυτό το σχέδιο που βραβεύτηκε με το Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award ενσωματώνει τις βέλτιστες πρακτικές του κλάδου και έχει επαρκή τεχνικά χαρακτηριστικά συνδεδεμένα με τεχνογνωσία και ταλέντο. Το σχέδιο Metamorphosis Γιόγκα Shala Κτίριο γίνεται σεβαστό για την επιμέλειά του και έχει σχεδιαστεί για να προσφέρει βελτιώσεις στην ποιότητα ζωής που βοηθούν να γίνει ο κόσμος ένα καλύτερο μέρος.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Building program, consists of the new Yoga Shala with an Atrium, the Xeriscape Garden islands, the Stone Teahouse carved in the sloped ground along with the Cultivation Levels. The Teahouse serves as a neutral background, while the organic shaped garden islands define the layout of the circulation paths and seating areas. The Atrium with the Olive Tree, add spatial quality, while the cultivation plantings provide cultivating activities that enhance the experience of the visitors.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The structure of the building consists of primary and secondary structural wood contour beams grid. A horizontal perimetric bench-like shelf, reinforces the structure stiffness while serving as a seating bench. The skin of the building is comprised by layers of plywood sheets, thermal insulation and structured titanium panels.
The Yoga Shala curved building skin incorporates photovoltaic panels. It has the adequate thermal insulation and a Pasiv Haus construction envelope in order to maximize energy efficiency. The openings allow for adequate natural lighting and aeration. The rainwater and greywater are purified and stored in a water tank. - Tags
- Hospitality, Sustainable Architecture, Recreational Architecture, Yoga Shala, Yoga Retreat
- Production Technology
- The form of the new Yoga Shala was produced by the geometric transformations of the model of the Butterfly Cocoon. The complex geometry of the cocoon gently surrounds and hosts the caterpillar throughout its metamorphosis to a brilliant butterfly. The geometric study of the cocoon and its necessary form simplification, was ultimately derived by an iterative process of revolved geometries of a typical cocoon cross section till the birth of the Butterfly.
- Design Challenge
- The most demanding feature of the design, was the incorporation of a the bubble shaped, metallic buiding into the forest landscape. The demand for a dynamic and recognizable building form, that would serve as a landmark to the Yoga Retreat site, led to the creation of the organic and biomorphic Yoga Shala.
- Research
- The Geometry of the Yoga Shala is based on the Butterfly Cocoon Transformation. The form of the Yoga Shala building and its materiality is also connected to the construction of the Vernacular Indian Huts. It has been derived by the revolution in space of an Organic Form Curve along an axis that divides the form in two separate and clearly defined volumes, interconnected with each other to create the Cocoon shaped Shala. Each part of the curve is revolved an angle in order to create a closed shape. Two overhangs, one in each block, are created by an additional revolution around the same axis of rotation.
- Inspiration
- The geometry of the new Yoga Shala has been inspired by the Butterfly Cocoon. The Metamorphosis of the clumsy and worldly caterpillar which transforms through an extraordinary biological process to a graceful Butterfly, is the core idea behind the building form and construction. Yoga practice is a personal journey towards enlightenment and the True Self. It means Connection, and this journey will only be authentic through the conceptualization and realization that everything is interconnected.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2020 and ended in December 2020. It is located in a breathtaking region of central Portugal, in an old
abandoned valley farm which has been transformed to a Yoga Retreat Center. This proposal represents the Bureau's participation in an International Architecture Competition Call, which requested the design of an additional Yoga Shala space to the existing complex. - Operation Flow
- The floor plan is organized into the organic shaped volume of the building. There are two independent entrances, one leading to the Shala and the other one to the Xeriscape Atrium. The wide glazing openings allow for natural lighting thus enhancing the warmth and hospitality of the space. The storage of the yoga equipment is incorporated in the wooden structure of the building, under the perimetric seating bench and on shelves constructed between the primary structural beam contours. In the corner of the Yoga Shala, Aerial Yoga Swings may be hanged from the structural Beams supporting this activity with safety.
- Team Members
- Constantinos Yanniotis, Head Architect
Konstantinos Xanthopoulos, Architect
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