Nyingma Buddhist Monastery

Tibetan Buddist Study Center, a monastic and educational facility for 300 monks, at the outskirts of Kathmandu, to be built by the monks themselves using 70% self help and 30% professional labor. Approximate area of construction 122,000 square feet, including a main courtyard 350x350 feet, in an 8-acre piece of land. The design requirements for the Study Center included a 2-storey residential structure with flat roofs and a 3-storey temple building with Chinese-style roofs. The residential structure was to provide accomodations for the lamas, western visitors, and the monks, as well as classrooms, library, dining room and auxiliary facilities. The temple building included a main hall with gallery to sit 300, an altar room, and one dome with rooms around it, plus a 3rd floor square central room with rooms around it.