# Siamak Hariri: How do you build a sacred space?

To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination — from the temple's form, which captures the movement of the sun throughout the day, to the iridescent, luminous stone and glass used to construct it. Join Hariri for a journey through the creative process, as he explores what makes for a sacred experience in a secular world.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2017
- Runtime: 12 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science, Space, Religion
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/SiamakHariri_2017S)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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