ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 8 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/371099/won-dharma-hanrahan-meyers-architects Mon, 13 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000 Javier Gaete https://www.archdaily.com/371099/won-dharma-hanrahan-meyers-architects The Won Dharma Center, USA, is a 28,000 square-foot spiritual and recreational retreat in Claverack, New York for the Won Buddhists, a Korean organization that emphasizes balance in one's daily life and relationship to nature. The center is located on a 500-acre site on a gently sloping hill with views west to the Catskill Mountains. The buildings for the Center, including permanent and guest residences, an administration building and a meditation hall, are sited as far as possible from the local rural access road, and oriented west and south to maximize views and light. The symbol of the Won organization is an open circle, suggesting both a void without absence and infinite return. The buildings are organized around the dual concepts of void and spiral.

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