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This blog is dedicated to the study of ritual architecture—commonly referred to as "sacred space"—as it is manifested both cross-culturally and throughout history. This research seeks to establish the interrelationships between the architectural (space/form), religious (ideals), ritual (function), cultural (traditions), and environmental (context) design priorities of sacred buildings. Each set of shifting design priorities can produce different ritual-architectural experiences (events) that can ultimately transform human understanding.
Keywords: sacred, space, architecture, landscape, ritual, religion, culture, environment, experience, perception, phenomenology, hermeneutics, existence, metaphysics, aesthetics, meaning, symbolism, ontology
