Necropolis: Crematorium, Mortuary Hall, Cemetery, Braunschweig

Topography as place of collective memory, commemoration as subject of social interaction

The theme of death as cycle of growth and decay is the initial point of the considerations. The existing landscape formation determines the design of the necropolis. A former stone quarry is interpreted as an ambiguous figure between cave and the earth’s womb.

PROJECT DATA

Death doesn’t utterly concern us, sketches, watercolour and ink, 35 cm x 56 cm, 1993

Concept box

Aerial view of Nussberg, Braunschweig and conceptual sketch

Situation plan

Ground floor, (1: courtyard, 2: funeral chapel, 3: open chapel)

Elevation and longitudinal section (1: courtyard, 2: funeral chapel)

View into the entrance courtyard

Funeral chapel

Open chapel

Access urnfield 

Detail exterior facade with vegetation

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