Sensing Spaces, a Dive into the Core of Architecture _ Silvio Carta
− Luca Vuerich Mountain Shelter _ Giovanni Pesamosca Architetto
− Endless Cycling, A Bike-touring Shelter-camp _ Rodrigo Cáceres Céspedes
− Wooden Sheds _ Rever & Drage
− Hammershus Visitor Center _ Arkitema Architects
− Blåvand Bunker Museum _ BIG
between Nature and Artefact
Funeral
Architecture at the Funeral: Between Nature and Artefact _ Nelson Mota
− Gubbio Cemetery Extension _ Andrea Dragoni Architetto
− Welkenraedt Funeral Center _ Dethier Architecture
− Sant Joan Despí New Funeral Home _ Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
− Crematorium for G.K.D. Charity Trust in Coimbatore _ Mancini Enterprises
− Sansepolcro Cemetery _ Zermani Associati Studio di Architettura
Gateway to the Community
Studies of Community Gateways _ Heidi Saarinen
− Lisbon Square _ Balonas & Menano
− St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion _ Davis Brody Bond Architecture
− Weeksville Heritage Center _ Caples Jefferson Architects
Dwell How
Artificially High
Artificially High _ Diego Terna
− Tula House _ Patkau Architects
− Solo House _ Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects
− House on the Cliff _ Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
− Car Park House _ Anonymous Architects
− The Pierre House _ Olson Kundig Architects
C3 no.355 (2014 #3/12)
between Nature and Artefact
Funeral
Architecture at the Funeral: Between Nature and Artefact _ Nelson Mota
Producing a balance between nature and artefact is one of the most recurrent facets in architectural design. Since immemorial times architecture and landscape developed a dialectical relation where the transformation of the built environment challenged the balance of natural phenomena. The architecture of funerals is one of these events where the designer is called to make sense of a natural phenomenon, death, and to reconcile opposite aspects. In effect, a funeral is a ritual that dwells in a liminal space between life and death, memory and oblivion, resentment and quietness, communion and seclusion. It is a moment that calls for an intense negotiation of conflictive spirits and brings forth a confrontation of opposite experiences.
Arguably some of the most well known archaeological findings are ancient burial spaces or funerary monuments. They testify to the fact that reconciling men with nature, and architecture with the landscape are immanent components of the politics of death. The latter is, nevertheless, a phenomenon chiefly influenced by culture, which suggests that no universal truth is applicable to it. The architecture of funerals is thus an eloquent repository on how architectural operations negotiate time and place. Furthermore, cemeteries, crematoriums and other places where funeral services are performed often carry strong symbolism and perform a social role that goes beyond its mere function as a public or private amenity.
C3 no.355 (2014 #3/12)
between Nature and Artefact
Funeral
Architecture at the Funeral: Between Nature and Artefact _ Nelson Mota
Producing a balance between nature and artefact is one of the most recurrent facets in architectural design. Since immemorial times architecture and landscape developed a dialectical relation where the transformation of the built environment challenged the balance of natural phenomena. The architecture of funerals is one of these events where the designer is called to make sense of a natural phenomenon, death, and to reconcile opposite aspects. In effect, a funeral is a ritual that dwells in a liminal space between life and death, memory and oblivion, resentment and quietness, communion and seclusion. It is a moment that calls for an intense negotiation of conflictive spirits and brings forth a confrontation of opposite experiences.
Arguably some of the most well known archaeological findings are ancient burial spaces or funerary monuments. They testify to the fact that reconciling men with nature, and architecture with the landscape are immanent components of the politics of death. The latter is, nevertheless, a phenomenon chiefly influenced by culture, which suggests that no universal truth is applicable to it. The architecture of funerals is thus an eloquent repository on how architectural operations negotiate time and place. Furthermore, cemeteries, crematoriums and other places where funeral services are performed often carry strong symbolism and perform a social role that goes beyond its mere function as a public or private amenity.
