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I don't like symmetry much, but... in that project and... cultural context, the center was... very important, so I started to... go into this central and symmetric... meditation.

— Anna Heringer Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)

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I tried to transform this philosophy into architecture.

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Mircea Eliade Myths, Dreams and Mysteries (1967)

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

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