As the end of October approaches, half of the world is getting ready to commemorate the departed and all souls. Here a selection of stories that trigger emotions through architecture, design and art. We have an a “peaceful oasis” for mourners, old and new cemeteries, alternative burial rituals and meditation spaces to fight fear among others.
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
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Crematorium Siesegem
KAAN Architecten, Crematorium in Aalst, Belgium, 2018.
Photo Sebastian van Damme
— Béton brut crematorium offers a “peaceful oasis” for mourners. KAAN Architecten selected a palette of marble, concrete and oak to imbue a sense of calm on the grieving process at Crematorium Siesegem in Aalst, Belgium.
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— Where is the toilet, please? Within the old cemetery of Ílhavo, architecture firm M2.senos renovated the central bathrooms building inspired by Portuguese ceramic tradition.
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— Sweden. Gert Wingårdh built an emerald pavilion in a park cemetery. The combination of glass and cross-laminated timber allows the cemetery administration building to integrate with the landscape.
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— Japan. David Chipperfield completed a contemplative building in red. The chapel and the visitor centre for Inagawa Cemetery sit on a steep site in the Hokusetsu Mountain Range of Hyogo prefecture.
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— The new crematorium in Lommel is a contemporary ruin. The building by a2o architecten surfaces as an ancient and enigmatic presence within the natural landscape, restored to its primordial conditions.
— In Berlin a cemetery becomes a park and community garden. The cemetery of Neukölln has become a natural oasis within the city where to experiment new ways of using green areas that have escaped cemetification.
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– After years of design and initiatives, the project that will reverse our way of conceiving today’s burial techniques, transforming cemeteries into forests, has finally been launched.
— Quoting Platon, Giacometti and the Xi’an warriors, Muka Arquitectura designed the enlargment of a municipal cemetery in Lozoya, Spain, creating a conceptual transition.
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— The pavilion by CN10 architetti is in contrast with the big extension of the existent cemetery to create a collected, protected, intimate and measured place.
— Bianco + Gotti Architetti: chapels in Cavenago Cemetery. Architecture for the departed helps the living to remember.