MANANG BUDDHIST RETREAT Design: Retreat Area/ Grand Cafe/ Watershed 21 March 2025
Core Team
Team
Site Context
Site Humde Nagwal Site Marsyangdi River Site Visit, Sep 2024
Site Photographs Site Visit, Jan 2025
3D Mapping of Existing Site Wetland Monastery Main Access Cottages 1 & 2 Cottage 3
Watershed Master Plan
Aquaducts Aquaduct
Aquaduct Starting Point Plan Section Section
Intersection Aquaduct East Canal Cafe Stream Mani Wall Bridge To existing monastery Dhup
Grand Cafe
CGI sheet Plywood false ceiling Timber windows Surveying the Existing Cottage Access road Existing Cottage Stone Masonry walls
8 15:3 0 12 INDOOR CAFE OUTDOOR CAFEKITCHEN STORAGE existing cottage Service counter Staff toilet Common toilet Hand wash WINTER SUN SOUTH-EAST WINDTRANSFORMATIONEntrance Cold north Starting Points for Grand Cafe Design
Grand Cafe - Sectional view serve cook store eat slurp drink Hull / head of the cafe
wash Grand Cafe - Plan eat drink slurp cook servestore eat drink slurp Winter cafe Cafe Stream enter
Grand Cafe - Axonometric view
Grand Cafe - interior view
Grand Cafe - Spring/Autumn Central Bukhari during spring/autumn Central Bukhari during winter Heat Zone HIMALAYAN ROCKET STOVE / BUKHARI
Grand Cafe - Winter
Central Bukhari during winter Yak wool / sheep wool curtains
Reduced volume in winter SUMMER CAFE WINTER CAFE VOLUME OF SPACES = 472.11 m³ REDUCED VOLUME OF SPACES = 212.92 m³ 86.4 59.26 Ceiling height reduced *Volume of spaces excludes mass of the walls
Very heavy curtains - Yak wool Yak wool curtains In Sagarmatha next gallery, in Syangboche LOCAL PATTERNS OF YAK WOOL CURTAIN
Heavy curtains - Sheep wool LOCAL PATTERNS OF SHEEP WOOL BLANKETS
Personal Retreat
8 15:3 0 12 PEACEFUL compact TERRAINSTORAGE STAGGERED Privacy PATTERN RETREAT KITCHEN-BED-ALTAR WINTER SUN VIEWSPASSIVE HEAT GAIN MEDITATIONCAPACITY Starting points for Personal retreat Design
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Total 21 units:
2 units of A + 3 Units of B + 4 Units of C From vajrayogini Temple From monastery From monastery From vajrayogini Temple Personal Retreat: Program
Personal Retreat: 2 units typology
RETREAT UNITS- 3 unit Personal Retreat: 3 units typology W/c
W/c
W/c
Kitchenette Shrine Kitchenette Kitchenette
Kitchenette Kitchenette Kitchenette W/c Retreat Retreat
RETREAT UNITS- 3 unit Personal Retreat: 3 units typology
Shrine Kitchenette Kitchenette Shrine W/c W/c Lopon His Holiness RETREAT UNITS- 3 unit Personal Retreat for His holiness/ Lopon/ Rinpoche Kitchenette Lopon’s retreat Visitor’’s room Kitchenette W/c His holiness’s retreat
W/C Bed with storage Niche Personal Retreat: Typical Section 0.0 m Floor Lvl 0.54 m Sill Lvl 2.45 m Top Beam Lvl
Materiality for Personal Retreat Slate Roof Pop up window
Materiality for Personal Retreat Waste of Ceramic Wash basins Durable wash basins in copper/ brass
Personal Retreat: Spaces in between Seating area Path to new temple
Personal Retreat: Spaces in between
Manang Wildflower Landscape: Wildflowers
Lonicera obvata Artemisia sp (Mugwort)
Allium oreoprasum Dactylorhiza hatagirea (Panch aunle)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora Landscape: Common flora Medicinal Plants
Plants for Natural Fencing Berberis angulosa Cotoneaster microphyllus Juniper indica (Black Juniper)
Lonicera rupicola More to be identified
Personal Retreat
Personal Retreat
Heating system for Personal retreat
Personal Retreat: Hot water system KITCHEN Copper pipes boiler Buckwheat husk Decentralized system Length of Pipes Solar boilers EXPANDABLE PIPES SUBTERRANEAN PIPES HDP TANKS UNDERGROUND Gravity
Personal Retreat: Hot water system Insulated water tank Solar boiler
Yogini Temples ( Inferences)
Vajrayogini Temple: Starting points
Vajrayogini Temple: Echo PHOTO BY: IVES PHOTO BY: IVES
PHOTO BY: IVES Vajrayogini Temple: Axis
PHOTO BY: IVES PHOTO BY: IVES PHOTO BY: IVES Vajrayogini Temple: Textures
PHOTO BY: IVES Vajrayogini Temple: Form 3.5m Section PHOTO BY: IVESPHOTO BY: IVES
PHOTO BY: IVES PHOTO BY: IVESVajrayogini Temple: Filtered Light
WindSun Shade PHOTO BY: IVES 3.5m Entry Option A Section Vajrayogini Temple: Concept Development
Entry 1 Filtered light Vajrayogini Temple: Concept Development Entry 2
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