Electric Rush is a parallel narrative about the downward journey of water to produce electricity and the upward spiritual journey of a pilgrim through a monastery.The proposal is a sensitive integration of monastic typology and hydro- power technology. It re-imagines a monastery that will attract endangered birds while producing hydroelectric power. It re-purposes monasteries into specific guardians of mountainous landscapes, thus empowering them against the building of large dams that threaten sacred rivers.