Article source: blank studio architecture

Yoga Deva (deva is a Sanskrit word, meaning deity) creates an internal sequence of spaces whose primary impulse is to remove the visitor from the exterior visual environmental conditions in every way. Sited within a commercial condominium complex, the building is surrounded by asphalt parking, minimal planted islands of non-native decorative vegetation, and other buildings that are nearly indistinguishable from one to the next. This new internal environment offers an architectural and sequential chiaroscuro to the external strip-mall type reality and prepares the visitor for practice of inward meditation and contemplation.

Interior View (Images Courtesy Bill Timmerman, Timmerman Photography, Incorporated)

• Architect: blank studio architecture
• Name of Project: Yoga Deva
• Location: Gilbert, Arizona, USA
• Construction complete: July 2008
• Photography: Bill Timmerman, Timmerman Photography, Incorporated
• Clients: Shosh + Billy Vergara

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