Atelier Xi’s lighting design proposal for the inner sanctum of the Mahabodhi Temple
Siddhartha’s Intent India and Khyentse Foundation recently announced the winners of the international competition for the design of a light sculpture/light art installation in the outer and inner sanctums of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya. The light sculpture/installation will be the final step in the Lighting the Mahabodhi project, initiated by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 2019. The new installation will replace the existing chandeliers in the two sanctums.
The joint winners of the competition are Atelier Xi from China and Jyotir-Sangha from India. They were selected by a jury panel of artists, designers, and architects around the world.
近日，印度悉达多本愿会和钦哲基金会公布了菩提伽耶大觉寺主殿（包括外殿和内殿）照明艺术设计国际比赛的优胜者。这项灯光雕塑/装置是宗萨钦哲仁波切于2019年发起的“光耀大觉寺”计划的最后一部分主要工程。新的灯光装置将取代外、内殿现有的枝形吊灯。
此次比赛的联合获胜者是来自中国的一树建筑工作室（Atelier Xi）和来自印度的Jyotir-Sangha工作室。本次比赛的评审团由来自世界各地的艺术家、设计师、建筑师所组成。
Atelier Xi’s design represents a spatial mandala. A “layered lighting experience,” the design draws on the graded lighting of the temple’s exterior, leading progressively from cooler colours in the entryway to warmer tones when approaching the inner sanctum.
Jyotir-Sangha conceives of the outer hall as “the body” and the inner hall as “the mind.” Lit by two sets of luminaires, in their design the outer hall will feature an art installation called The Drape, celebrating the timeless Indian tradition of woven textiles and the uniquely Indian idea of the unstitched garment. The inner hall will feature artworks in gold-plated copper inspired by the Buddha’s ushnisha, up-lit from suspended central sources.
The final installation will draw on the richness of both design proposals, “aspiring to represent the vast spectrum of form and formlessness”, cited the Khyentse Foundation.
一树建筑工作室的设计呈现出一个立体空间的曼荼罗。是“分层次的照明体验”，设计融合了寺院外部的分级照明，由入口通道中较冷的颜色开始，渐次转换到进入内殿时较温暖的色调。
Jyotir-Sangha设想外殿为“身”，而内殿为“心”，用两套灯具照明。在他们的设计中，外殿以名为“帷幕（The Drape）”的艺术装置，赞颂印度纺织传统的永恒之美和印度独有的不加缝纫的服装理念。而内殿的作品为一个镀金铜的艺术品，灵感来自于佛陀的顶髻，从悬挂的中央光源向上照明。
“来自全球最终的装置设计将集两家设计之长处，以期呈现有相和无相的广博和融合”——钦哲基金会
the Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple, perhaps the most sacred of all pilgrimage sites for Buddhist practitioners, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that marks the place where the historical Buddha attained awakening. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates back to the 5th or 6th century C.E. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely of brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.
关于大觉寺
对于所有佛教修行者来说 ，大觉寺也许是最神圣的朝圣场所；它是联合国教科文组织的世界遗产，标志着历史上的佛陀获得正觉之处。寺庙最初由阿育王在公元前三世纪所建造，而现存寺庙的历史则可追溯到公元五世纪或六世纪。它是最早期完全用砖建成的佛教寺庙之一，从笈多时代晚期 至今，一直矗立在印度。
Lighting the Mahabodhi
“Lighting the Mahabodhi” is perhaps the most ambitious Buddhist light offering ever undertaken. The objective of this sacred endeavor is to completely overhaul the temple complex’s aged lighting and electrical systems.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s vision is for modern design thought and creativity to be joined with this sacred space to create an art installation that has wide, youthful, and contemporary appeal while preserving the historical authenticity of this most sacred of sites.
光耀大觉寺计划
这项被称为“光耀大觉寺”的神圣计划，也许是佛教有史以来最前卫的供灯盛事。其目标是彻底改造大觉寺建筑群已老化的照明和电力系统，造就历史上最大规模、最持久的供灯（供光）。
宗萨钦哲仁波切的愿景是，让现代设计思维和创意与这个神圣空间相结合，创造一个青春、时尚且具有广泛感染力，又同时保留此最神圣场所的历史真实性的艺术装置。
竞赛结果公示链接 Official Announcement
https://khyentsefoundation.org/winners-of-the-mahabodhi-temple-light-art-design-competition/