Yoga Nikaya Wellness Centre – Bengaluru, by MayaPraxis

Year of completion : 2012

Period of execution (in
months) :24 Months
Location (village/town/city
& State) : Mathagondapalli,
55km from Bangalore
Site area (in sqm) : 29339.7 CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
Sq. m
Built-up area (in sqm) : 1950
Sq. m
Project cost (in Indian
Rupees) : 3.5 Crores
No. of floors (including
basement) : G/G+1
Client (Company/Person) :
Chandramouli

SITE IMAGES
Yoga Nikaya is a place of learning and teaching, for those who share the spirit of yoga as a way of life. It provides space for
yoga and meditation. Cottages, dormitories and dining facilities are provided. An observatory is also located as a place to
view the space above and learn about its scientific and spiritual references. The idea of yoga as a way of finding physical
and mental wellbeing has inspired a design that is in keeping with nature, through the choice of materials, form and
technique. Keeping a small footprint in the agricultural land, the designed buildings are kept within 1.5 acres of the 9-acre
farm, leaving the rest as orchards and farmland.
The entrance plaza in the form of a square is abutted by the 4
spaces that form the institutional activity – reception, yoga,
meditation and performance. There are 6 types of buildings in the
site, the Reception Lounge, Yoga Hall, Meditation hall, Dining Hall,
Cottages and the Observatory. Each building sits comfortably in the
landscape, with lines of structure and form composed in gentle
inspiration from yogic postures of the human body – balanced but
poised with a gesture of movement. In addition, the buildings
respond to the moderate tropical climate of the region, situated on
the natural terrain to receive daylight from the north and south as
well as the prevailing wind along the NE and SW directions.

The buildings are made with composite walls of local stone and
cement block , making it stronger to retain earth berms, and
making them better insulated for the summer heat. The roof
structure is a composite of steel and re-cycled-wood rafters sits
lightly on the stone clad walls, lifted upward. The wood slat false
ceiling is also made from wood recovered from packaging boxes
alongwith thermal insulatation. Finishes are kept basic – polished
cement flooring, wood hand polished, rough hand-dressed stone
cladding on walls. Much of the wood is recycled/reused from
industrial packaging available locally. The grey granite cladding
stone is also sourced from a quarry within 50 km from the site.
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