Metamorphosis יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין by Constantinos Yanniotis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award אין אײַזן in אַרכיטעקטור, בנין און סטרוקטור דיזײַן Competition Category.
אײַזןאַרכיטעקטור· 2022
Metamorphosis יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין
Client: Yanniotis & Assosiates | Architects & Consulting Engineers
A' Design Award אין אײַזן Winner in אַרכיטעקטור Category
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The Design
About Metamorphosis יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין
דער פּרויעקט איז וועגן אַ פאָרשלאָג פון יאָגאַ שאַלאַ דערלאנגט אין אַן אינטערנאציאנאלע אַרטשיטעקטורע קאַמפּאַטישאַן רופן. דער פּלאַץ איז טייל פון אַ באַרג יאָגאַ רעטרעאַט קאָמפּלעקס לאָוקייטאַד אין אַ ברעטטייקינג וואַלד געגנט פון סענטראַל פּאָרטוגאַל. די נייַ יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין איז ינספּייערד פון די יאָגאַ פילאָסאָפיע, זייַענדיק אַ רוחניות פיר ווי אַ גשמיות געניטונג. די נייַע אַנטוויקלונג באַזונדער פון די שאַלאַ מיט אַ אַטריום פּלאַץ, באשטייט פון די טעאַהאָוסע הייל באַנד. ביידע בנינים זענען פריימד דורך די בייאָמאָרפיק קסעריסקאַפּינג גאָרטן אינזלען, די קערווילינעאַר גיין באַטאָנען שטיין פּאַטס און די לעוועלס פון קאַלטיוויישאַן אַקטיוויטעטן.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award אין אײַזן
Metamorphosis יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין אײַזן, אַן פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו גוטע דיזײַנס וואָס טרעפֿן די פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע און ינדוסטריעלע פֿאָדערונגען וואָס מען דערוואַרט פֿון גוט-דיזײַנטע באַשאַפֿונגען. אײַזן-געווינער ווײַזן גרויסע בקיאות, הויכע ספּעציאַליזאַציע, מומחה-פֿאַרשטאַנד און קרעאַטיווע פֿעיִקייט פֿון זייערע שאַפֿער. פֿון Metamorphosis יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע באַשאַפֿונג וואָס איז פּראַקטיש און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין אײַזן פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן פֿון דער ענף און האָט בקיאותדיקע טעכנישע אייגנשאַפֿטן פֿאַרבונדן מיט וויסן און טאַלאַנט. Metamorphosis יאָגאַ שאַלאַ בנין ווערט געערט פֿאַר זײַן גרינטלעכקייט און איז דיזײַנט צו פּראָווידן פֿאַרבעסערונגען פֿון לעבנס-קוואַליטעט וואָס העלפֿן מאַכן די וועלט צו אַ בעסערן אָרט.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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