Behind The Wall: Re-Defining The Monastic Enclosure

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2023-05-01

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How to design a monastery for a contemporary order of monks that, due to inefficient enclosures based on outdated models, fail to remain faithful to the fundamental ideal of living a truly cloistered life.

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Enclosure, Monastic, Threshold, Plan of St Gall, Spatial Division, Cloister, Monastic Enclosure, Cloistered life, Containment, Delineate, Boundary, Separation, Architecture

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