Wood/Pile | Kengo Kuma & Associates

We designed a facility for meditation in a forest on the outskirts of Munich, not too far from Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein castle.
Das Kranzbach is known worldwide as a mecca for spa goers and here in this cabin the hotel guests can practice yoga and meditation.

Photography by © Erieta Attali

We selected fir trees grown near the site and milled them to a width of 30mm, piling them up like twigs, in order to produce a transitional scale between the large forest and small architecture. This is also a medium through which humans can be integrated into the forest. The little twigs disperse the light filtering through the skylight, repeating the effect of komorebi or ‘rays of light’ often experienced in the forest.

Photography by © Erieta Attali

Project Info:
Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location: Germany
Area: 141.0 m²
Year: 2018
Photographs: Erieta Attali
Project Name: Wood/Pile