Bamiyan Cultural Centre
Calibration of view
The Bamiyan Valley is drawn into all interior spaces, extending through a sequence of vaults and into the sunken courtyard. The spatial sequence creates a layering of encounter with the dramatic caverns on the opposite hillside, absent from the Buddhas, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Date: 2016
Client: Unesco
Location: Bamiyan Valley, Afganistan
Value: $15M
Status: Competition
Project team: Andrew Burns, Casey Bryant, Grace Wolstencroft, Jonathon Donnelly