Is featured in "a weekly dose of architecture" this week. The Zen Center, located about 88 miles from Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the villiage of Jamez Springs, New Mexico. Simple, Elegant, "...The Center of Gravity Foundation Hall is designed by Predock Frane Architects as a fusion of "ancient traditions of Japanese Zen Buddhist architecture with the context of northern New Mexico's architecture. To balance these seemingly opposite ideas, the architects use the enclosing walls symbolically: one wall is light (polycarbonate on timberstrand) and the other is heavy (rammed earth). The roof projects up to 14' beyond the walls to protect them from the elements and shade the interior from the summer sun."
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