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DIALETIC OF SPACES
CREMATORIUM
The goal of the project is to integrate the crematorium into the existing cemetery, which shares the site. The design is heavily symbolic and is based off of the idea of “the journey” of saying farewell to a loved one.
Dialectic of spaces, which are connected to one in various ways. it formulates the inside and outside or this life and afterlife as contrasts.
The design keeps the existing cemetery entrance as the main access to the site, while the new crematorium will branch off of the main axis. The design relies heavily on a procession through the site, which "takes the visitors to another world." This path represents the idea that there is no way back, that death is a path to another chapter, and it aims to change the visitor's perspective, while entering them into a state of humbleness
Ground Floor Plan
ARRIVAL
The entry and arrival to the site is a crucial stage in the transition of the visitor from familiar context of the surrounding area and into the sacred space of the crematorium. The use of a landscape zone buffers the arrival area from the larger context. Covered entryways and portecocheres provide sheltering space to pause and gather before entering the crematorium and leaving the world behind
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