Windesheim is a large educational institute. They wanted to offer accomodation for a spiritual moment. This meditation centre has been realized as a room of reflection and prayer for people of varied personal experience. The visitors are from various origins, often from different Christian or Islamic extraction. The source of these religions is in the land between Euphrates and Tigris. In the Mesopotamia of the time these two rivers flowed together in the land of milk and honey and emptied themselves into the sea. This region, nowadays called Iraq, was home to great civilizations. 
 The sylized images of this two-river country together with the sun are intended to mark a moment of quiet. The sun points to Mecca, the direction for prayer. T he technical realization of this project was difficult as the material had already been cut and consequently the nap of each piece is in a different direction. It is made of traditional Tredford, a friendly and durable product. It is rather smooth and yet soft and comfortable to the touch.

SUNNY SIDE
a meeting in the land of Euphrates and Tigris

floor object for the meditation centre of
Windesheim College Zwolle



 



measurements
diameter height 177 inch

material
goat's hair
wool
nylonl

desiderata
make a carpet for the meditation centre matching the vision given

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