UNESCO Meditation Space

The small space was made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the international organisation and stands in the garden of its headquarters. It was designed by the Japanese architect and supported by donors from his home country.

It is a simple cylinder of concrete, open to people of every faith and culture as a place to pray for peace. Two doorless openings lead in, and light falls from a slit around the top of the wall.

The floor is paved with granite from the city destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945. The stone had been exposed to radiation and was cleaned before being laid here, a quiet reminder of what the space stands for.