Blog of Design Studies
Crematorium and Architecture – Berlin
The crematorium Berlin Baumschulenweg has a long history and was rebuild in 1996. The building is mainly constructed with concrete as the symbol of the heaviness of the grave on the one hand. Indoor halls are light flooded on the other hand and enormous pillars with halo of light give the impression of connection to the sky.
Crematorium Berlin Baumschulenweg
© 1996-98 nach Plänen der Architekten
Charlotte Frank mit Axel Schultes
Crematorium Berlin Baumschulenweg
© 1996-1998, Architekt Axel Schultes
Author: Junction35
Crematorium Berlin Baumschulenweg
© 1996-98 Architekt Axel Schultes
Crematorium Berlin Baumschulenweg
© 1996-98 Architekt Axel Schultes
Here you can find more detailed information about history, architecture and a video on the website of the official authority.
Sint-Niklaas Crematorium – Belgium
Exceptional design and functional separation of funeral and function: The Sint Niklaas Crematorium:
Sint Niklaas
Sint Niklaas
© Heimolen Crematorium by Claus en Kaan Architecten
Creamtorium and architecture – Catalonia
An architecture of a modern crematorium, mostly build with concrete, that is inline with the traditional shape and structure of the countryside.
Jacobs ladder: Crematorium in Catalania by Estudio Carme Pinós
Images: Jesús Arenas
Maggie’s Cancer Care Center
Maggie Keswick Jencks, a writer, artist and designer initiated the idea of „Maggie’s Center“: Infirmaries that provide patients with cancer an environment of support and advice in a protected area without replacing the conventional cancer therapy.
These buildings are relatively small, compared to clinical center, but excellent designed to feel welcome, protected and to get a connection to nature and spirituality. Here, death is common. The building and garden architecture supports the spiritual thoughts between life and death.
Maggie’s Centre Ninewells
by Frank Gehry
Author: Ydam
License: CC 3.0
Maggie’s Center – Hong Kong
by Ronald Lu and Partners
Author: RLPhongkong
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Maggie’s Centre – Kirkcaldy
by Architect Zaha Hadid
Author: Duncan Cumming
License: CC 2.5
Additional information and a lot of more international spreaded center can be found here:
TED talk „death and architecture“
Alison Killing thinks a lot about death … and specifically, how its ubiquitous, hidden presence shapes our cities. In Death in Venice, her June 2014 exhibition on the topic, Killing mapped London’s death-associated architectural features — hospitals, cemeteries, crematoria, and so on — making visible the invisible mechanics of death and dying. She asks us to consider: What might a good death experience mean today? And how can we design differently for the dying, as well as those caring for them?
