Spiritual Enclosure
A non-religious ceremony space that exists in close dialogue with the surrounding landscape and sky of the South Baja California Desert.
The intimate circular enclosure sits semi-buried in the desert terrain, symbolising a relationship with the surrounding landscape. Bare earth underfoot and an open-air roof reinforce a transcendental connection to the earth and the cosmos.
The shape of the structure carefully frames the surrounding landscape, with a semi-circular aperture providing views out onto the mountains beyond, while the skies above are framed within the circular walls. The structure is oriented along an east-west axis, allowing the movement of the sun to reflect both the passage of time and the ever-changing light of the desert.
A single baffled entranceway offset by 45° from the interior axis gradually reveals the space upon entry and creates a sense of seclusion that adds to the ceremonial nature of the site. The interior of the enclosure is left largely unadorned, save for a polished obsidian mirror modelled after the traditional texcatl mirrors used for centuries in Mexican culture as objects of reflection and spiritual divination.
