LAO SPIRITUAL ART MUSEUM

By SANTY LUANGKHOT (DONO) – ARCHITECTURE

“AS GLOBALIZATION INCREASINGLY ENTERS EVERY FACET OF OUR LIVES, ITS HOMOGENIZING EFFECT ON ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE HAS COMPELLED ARCHITECTS TO INCLUDE THE PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL REGIONALISM, AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY THAT EMBRACES LOCAL CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY AND SUSTAINABILITY”.

SITUATION IN LAOS > ASEAN- AEC – GLOBALIZATION

RISK – PROBLEM > RECEDING CULTURE

SOLUTION > RE-INTERPRETATION OF THE SPIRIT OF LAOS BASED ON THE THEORY OF CRITICAL

REGIONALISM

“TECTONIC DESIGN”

TECTONIC DESIGN IN 4 ASPECTS > MATERIALS

LIGHTS

LIFESTYLE

RELIGIOUS VALUES

OBJECTIVE >
SUSTAINABLE CULTURE LAOS SPIRITUAL ART MUSEUM IS A SEQUENCE OF EXHIBITIONS THAT INTRODUCES “CONSCIOUS LIGHT” SPACE THAT WILL SUBCONSCIOUSLY RING THE BELL OF LAO PEOPLE’S “SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS”. WITH THE CONCEPT OF “PURIFICATION OF MIND”, AND TECTONIC DESIGN, THEY WILL EVALUATE FROM:

NON CONSCIOUS > UN CONSCIOUS > SUBCONSCIOUS > PRECONSCIOUS > CONSCIOUS

THE EXPERIENCE FROM NON CONSCIOUS TO CONSCIOUS WILL HELP LAOS PEOPLE TO STEP BY STEP SUBCONSCIOUSLY REALIZE THEIR IDENTITY, THEIR PRESENCE, AND THEIR SPIRITUAL VALUES.THIS WILL LET THEM BE PROUD AND BELIEVE OF WHO THEY ARE. SO, SELF-AWARED. WITH THE EGO IN BETWEEN THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS, THE STATE OF MIND WILL BE STRONGLY STABLE, WHICH IS AT THE VIPASSANA STATE OF MIND. IT WILL HELP LAO ARTISTS TO PRODUCE ART WORKS EXPRESSING THE “SPIRIT OF LAOS” THROUGH“NEW ART’S TECHNIQUES”. SO THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE “CULTURAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” IN LAOS.

THE MESSAGE OF “SPIRIT OF LAOS” MUST BE EXPRESSED IN EVERY“TRENDY” ART WORKS BY EVERY LAO ARTIST. LAO SPIRITUAL ART MUSEUM WILL LET PEOPLE SEE THOSE MESSAGES,WHICH MEANS THAT THE MESSAGES WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERED TO THE RECEIVERS, AND FINALLY, AWARENESS WILL APPEAR IN THE WHOLE SOCIETY.SO, THE REMAINING, “RELIGIOUS ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE FORMING THE CORNERSTONE OF LAO ARTISTIC TRADITIONS”.