John Pawson

The studio has been involved with Cistercian and Benedictine monastic communities for over two decades. As part of their final solemn vows, brothers from both Orders make a promise of stability — a commitment to remain in a particular monastery. Sustained architectural collaboration has provided privileged insights into the nature of this undertaking. As we begin to reflect on a period of enforced confinement experienced by entire populations, it is with some new perspectives on the reality of isolation — on both its stresses and its freedoms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photography
John Pawson