Thesis Book - Seeds of Hope

CONCEPT
The Bamiyan Cultural Centre seeks to
create a new vital center for communicating
and sharing ideas. Therefore, the proposal
attempts to create not an object-building but
rather a meeting place; a system of negative
spaces where the impressive landscape of
the Buddha Cliffs intertwines with the rich
cultural activity. The Bamiyan Cultural Centre
is not only built but rather ‘found’ or
‘discovered’ by carving it out of the ground.
This architectural strategy creates a
minimal-impact building that fully integrates
into the landscape, takes advantage of thermal
inertia and insulation of the ground, and
gives a nod to the ancient local building
traditions.
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