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artifact:eishin-great-hall-interior-colorsEishin Great Hall interior colors
The auditorium at Eishin campus, with blackish-red columns, red chevrons, and pale sea-green ceiling, designed to produce a dark, glowing presence.
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Methods (1)
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- Sitting with eyes closed intensively to let the authentic vision of the formless feeling enter the mind; used repeatedly in the Great Hall example.
Events (2)
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- Alexander went to Japan in 1984 to work out the interior colors of the Great Hall.
- The building shell was complete, and Alexander spent days in the dark hall trying to imagine the right colors.
Concepts (1)
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- dark glowing colorsaboutA quality sought in the Great Hall: bright but darkly glowing colors against darkness, achieved through blackish reds and pale sea-green.
Institutes (1)
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- The campus where the Great Hall, classrooms, and library were built; site of the examples in this chapter.