Eternal Hill Columbarium | Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten
Hsinchu / Taiwan / 2022
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Funerals and grief are full of emotions. We often face the cemetery, the last place we say farewell to our family with fear. What kind of architecture will be able to drive away the fear, bear the emptiness of emotion and memory, and at the same time be a space for us to settle down and recollect the past? We need a carrier for grief and loss, it does not mean what we left behind after we passed, but it meant what kind of space encourages us to face our past.
In this cemetery, it needs to carry 70,000 past, which means it needs to contain 70,000 irreparable regrets.
The stacking of slanted walls constructs a vision of being surrounded by mountains. Placing incense, candles, and flowers on the “mountainside”, creates a wall and a chance for us to be lost in our thought.
Wall being slanted and facing the sky, registering the rays of the sun, accompany us to confront fear. The skylight in the middle of the heavy concrete structure gently lays down light and hope in the courtyard.
Wall is an element that constructs distance. In this case, by tilting the walls at a different angle creates a visual of it gradually leaving the griever. These walls create a distance of departure, instead of separation. A rectangular entryway invites unpredictable climate, and slanted walls introduce wind from different directions. As the cemetery is located in Hsinchu, Wind City. The design and construction method, of this wind tower, tells stories and memories of the city.
Location: No. 999, Lane 300, Xiangcun Rd, Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City,
Design period: 2017 – 2018
Construction period: 2019 – 2022
Office Name: Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten
Project team: Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten
Building system: RC construction
Technical data:
Plot Area: 18550 m²
Footprint: 3601.18m²
Gross Built Area: 7578.89 m²
Total Building Height: 5 floor above ground
Program / Use / Building Function: Columbarium
Office Website: www.2bxl.com
Social Media Accounts (Instagram): behetbondziolinarchitekten
Photographs: ©YuChen Chao Photography
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Funerals and grief are full of emotions. We often face the cemetery, the last place we say farewell to our family with fear. What kind of architecture will be able to drive away the fear, bear the emptiness of emotion and memory, and at the same time be a space for us to settle down and recollect the past? We need a carrier for grief and loss, it does not mean what we left behind after we passed, but it meant what kind of space encourages us to face our past. In this cemetery, it needs to...
- Year 2022
- Work finished in 2022
- Status Completed works
- Type Cemeteries and cemetery chapels
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