Process Book

1. hatha yoga center for wellness

3. 2 intent
3 site/existing building
7 site mapping
11 movement mapping
15 mapping collages
20 sketchbook/research/form study
49 plans
50 final renderings
topics

4. hatha yoga
ha the sun
tha the moon
yoga yoke
Yoga is the union of the mind, body, and
spirit; the individual with the divine
intelligence of the universe. When the
mind, body, and spirit have been purified,
there is an increase in the flow of pra-
na1 through the whole body, improving our
capacity to work, think, digest, taste,
feel, and experience life. The physical
benefits of yoga, though rewarding, are
not the primary focus of yoga. They are
just a part of the yoga lifestyle.
“It is a science of balanced living, a
path for realizing full human potential.
In these tumultuous times, yoga provides
an anchor to a quieter domain of life, en-
abling people living in a modern techno-
logical world to stay connected to their
natural humaniy. Yoga offers the promise
of remaining centered in the midst of
turbulence.2”
Because downtown Baton Rouge is a new
center of expansion, and is working to
improve the dynamics and culture of this
place, a counter-culture is a necessity
for those wishing to embrace the faster-
pace. This institution will serve as a
base to nourish, develop, and center the
newcoming society. Primarily, it will be
a sanctuary to live, teach, practice, and
spread the holistic lifestyle of yoga.
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breath, or life-sustaining force.
2
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga. Deepak Chopra
and David Simon.
intent
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site

6. Capitol Lake
Mississippi River
green space
building
site
site area
I-110
North Blvd.
I-10
The downtown area contains a seemingly
limitless opportunity to expand. This map
is a layering of information that will
directly and indirectly affect the expe-
rience of the yoga center user.
4.
site

7. downtown baton rouge: the old welsh-levy building @ 3rd and main
The location of the yoga center exists
on 3rd st., where many recent renova-
tions and downtown revitalization proj-
ects have cultivated the new culture that
Baton Rouge is aspiring to obtain. The
abandoned building at the corner of 3rd
and main will be the grounds for the new
center. Because of its rigid facade cou-
pled with its decorative molding, it will
become the perfect container for the op-
posing interior phenomena.
Because yoga requires a sense of higher
power, intimacy, nature, and self, this
place will directly oppose the context of
downtown Baton Rouge. It will exist in
“another place.” While the building shell
will address the space of the street and
its pedestrian, the interior space will
focus on the self and its higher power.
5.
site

8. north elevation. main st.
scale: n.t.s.
east elevation. 3rd st.
scale: n.t.s.
1st floor plan. 2nd floor plan. 3rd floor plan.
scale: n.t.s. scale: n.t.s. scale: n.t.s.
6.
site

9. site mapping.
The site exists in an area of downtown
Baton Rouge where many new activities are
arising. Each mapping creates an image of
the new context that seems real, yet is
not a true duplicate. When in the space
of the site, there is openness and clos-
edness. There are frames of sky, frames
of earth, and frames of building. Because
these relationships that exist within the
site cannot be realized in a single im-
age, these collages strive to encapsulate
them.
site mapping
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13. event mapping.
a series of diagrams map the space of the
moving limbs when participating in yoga.
1. the space of the right arm and the
space of the left arm
2. the space of the right foot and the
space of the left foot.
3. the space of the head and the space of
the center.
An outward flow of space seems to emerge
from these mappings. Though the limbs of
the human body end at a specific place in
space, the energy tends to emulate out-
ward in all directions. The movement of
each body part allows a different space
to be realized. The space of the movement
of yoga emulates towards a space seem-
ingly chaotic in nature, which contra-
dicts the advancement that results from
the practice.
The space of the pause of each specific
pose is the opposite of the space of the
movement. A stasis exists where the forc-
es come together in equilibrium and a mo-
ment of oneness is experienced.
The diagrams following the space mappings
refers to the concept of the building.
The space of the building will rest be-
tween the space of the movement (chaos)
and the space of the pose (stasis).
movement mapping
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51. 1st
2nd
plans
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4th
plans
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6th
plans
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plans
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10th
plans
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12th
plans
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57. 13th
plans
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63. Sarah Calandro
hatha yoga center for wellness
5th year, spring 2007