Veda Bodhi Vanam

The main mode of getting around in the park and the meditation centre is by foot; however, as a result of the park’s large-scale development, an internal transport system could be set up to connect several parts of the meditation park. The meditators will mainly use the former fish ponds that connect the meditation centre with the meditation park, as well as the surrounding buildings. The greatest value that the location of Meditation Centre in Ayngaran Bodhivanam has is the natural base, which separates the field of meditation from its surrounding noise by becoming a part of the boundless nature. Once, men were responsible for the fastest transformations by drainage systems and then by abandoning a part of this territory. After allowing the present processes to continue, bushes, osiers and beech groves have returned. In spring, part of the territory is flooded and remains wet throughout the year. Due to the wet ground, buildings that are planned to be constructed in the fish pond territory of Rūja are designed to have rod-shaped foundations, thus minimizing interference with the ground and raising the building’s floor to the level of the protecting d**e. The level is different in various places

The overgrowth characteristics are important for the park areas that are planned to have meditation huts. There the overgrowth provides a positive sense of isolation and asceticism by creating a natural landscape and trying to find a compromise between allowing it to overgrow and to partially maintaining it, which would be recommended to allow various species to regenerate. Ecological regeneration is one of the current approaches in spatial planning, which could partially be used in the future development of this territory. But this does not include renewing former ecosystems because many catchment area qualities and surrounding landscapes have changed without the mechanical human involvement. The climate continues to change, that is why the desire to restore nature to its previous state is not adequate. To reduce the risk of error, ecological goals need to be set and new influences need to be adapted that would be more easily accepted in the society. In the future, in the light of climate change, there must be a transition from control and monitoring to greater integration and adaptation. The abovementioned aspect refers to the attitude towards the floodplains and regularly flooded areas, which have been taken away during industrialization, e.g. by creating drainage ditch systems. After analyzing the landscape development of this territory, it can be concluded that chaotic spaces can sometimes be as valuable as the neat and formal ones. The smart landscapes of tomorrow have to make us rejoice and create a diversified space where there is a need to interact with natural processes where we can interfere and change landscapes and see things grow. The element of time is always essential in landscape architecture. We can consider these places as a symbiotic relationship between the biologic complexity of the landscape and the man-made infrastructure. When constructing the meditation centre, regional construction materials and methods are planned to be used together with modern and innovative technologies. Wood is the main element, which makes the complex’s architectural appearance correspond with its context.By using innovative engineering technologies, it is projected to reduce the use of resources for maintaining the centre, thus reducing the environmental impact of the complex. The project design and conceptual solution aims to be sensitively inclusive with respect to its context, react to it and offer appropriate creative solutions, thus ensuring its moral sustainability