Temple of the Deep 2025

The Temple serves as a space where vulnerability is embraced, where emotions are no longer concealed. It becomes a place that teaches the importance of radical acceptance, allowing individuals to process life’s challenges at their own pace. The Temple acts as a gateway for emotions to flow freely, enabling those who engage with it to confront life’s depths and rise stronger and more whole.

Temple of the Deep

Through the creative journey of designing the Temple, it emerges that radical acceptance is a fundamental part of the Temple experience. Navigating loss and emerging stronger requires fully embracing emotions—resisting the urge to hasten grief, personal growth, or transformative experiences. Emotions must be felt, not hidden. This process is essential for personal growth, fostering resilience, and cultivating openness toward the world and its people.​

​Beyond this explanation, the Temple design draws from two key ideas. On one hand, it returns to the origins of natural elements: the Temple as a refuge, a cave, a rock, a mountain—a place where people historically gathered to make sense of life, to connect with the magic and mysticism of Mother Earth and her immense power.

On the other hand, beneath this great tectonic rock lies a geometry that evokes certain Baroque elements, particularly in how it treats movement, sightlines, and the way the space envelops participants. This interplay between the raw and the refined creates a dynamic and immersive experience.

Finally, the project is deeply autobiographical. The Temple represents a massive black rock, like a heart shattered into a thousand pieces. Through grief and healing, it reemerges stronger, bearing visible scars that serve as reminders of the pain that fostered growth. These scars are integral to its story, a testament to resilience and transformation.