Floating Meditation Pavilion is part of a multi-year, multi-phased remodel of a 1960’s house at the base of the Camel Head of Camelback Mountain. It is the only stand-alone structure (150 GSF) requested by our clients, both of whom maintain a daily practice of meditation. Located at sites southern-most corner at west end of existing pool, the private-left-over-corner naturally became ‘a place to meditate’ below a Mountain at the end of a long water body – facing the rising sun and Camel Head with its distinctive Praying Monk. What began as a simple floating trapezoidal deck slowly evolved into an open-air pavilion that could be entirely open on its eastern side to the elements and / or closed into a mountain-cave-like space embraced by three solid walls and a roof, allowing rooftop meditation or stargazing into the cosmos. Copper pipe shade screens, recycled wood panels, and mill-finish steel surfaces interact with desert light to signal sunrise, sunset, and the daily cycle. During Diwali, a suspended bronze lamp glows for five nights, visible from within the house, connecting ritual and architecture.