Seoul-based firm HAEAHN architecture has shared with us images of its recently completed crematorium project, Seoul Memorial Park. The structure, located in the hills outside of Seoul, South Korea, was HAEAHN architecture's winning competition entry in 2009 and finally completed in 2012.
本部在首尔的HAEAHN建筑公司与我们分享了他们近期完成的火葬场项目,首尔纪念公园。建筑竖立在韩国首尔郊外的小山上。这曾是2009年HAEAHN建筑公司获奖的参赛作品,终于在2012年完成了。
Seoul Memorial Park by HAEAHN architecture: view from south (Photo: Park Youngchae)
由HAEAHN建筑设计的首尔纪念公园:从南面看(照片 Park Youngchae)
Project Description from the Architects:
Secluded by mountain hills from a bustling highway gateway, Seoul Memorial Park rests in a serene valley area of the Woo-Myun Mountain on the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea.? Seoul Memorial Park is a crematorium constructed in harmony with the natural terrain of the site, which previously lent calming scenic views to meditative passing-by hikers, and is now converted to a sanctuary for solemn rituals concluding life’s journeys.
建筑师的方案描述
在山丘和繁忙的高速公路的掩护下,首尔纪念公园位于韩国首尔郊外牛眠山的宁静山谷中。 首尔纪念公园是一座与自然地形和谐融合的火葬场。在这之前,宁静宜人的景色让路过的旅行者沉静,而现在他成为了一个神圣庄严地,举行结束生命旅程仪式的场所。
Courtyard view (Photo: Park Youngchae)
庭院视角(照片:Park Youngchae)
Canvas for Land Art
To overcome the unwelcomed response from the community, this crematorium was sought to be a “non-erected” building.? Instead, Seoul Memorial Park emerges as a form of “land art” sculpted into the existing topography with a flowing array of architectural forms and motifs.? Concaved at the center of the Park, lies a courtyard encompassed by a series of ritual spaces devoted to separate functions.? These spatial layers bordering the courtyard resonate from a distance with the surrounding mountain trails and ridges.? The 2-storey high crematorium facility configured in the curvilinear belt along the courtyard has roof structures linked in the way flower petals pinwheel one another, punctuated by a reflective pool at the very heart of the courtyard.
Arrival driveway (Photo: Park Youngchae)
抵达的行车道(照片:Park Youngchae)
Comfort in the Final Journey?
Families in bereavement take the final journey of parting as they encircle the courtyard along a path reminiscent of spiritual spaces with vaulted ceilings and indirect lighting. Towards the cremation alcove, the ceiling rises drastically as a clearstory above a triforum. Upon completion of the path, a meandering garden comforts the bereft.? As the water from the mountain flows? down and gives life to the garden, one might be reminded of the transfiguration of sorrows in praise of the harmony in nature.? The garden shimmers with sunlight, whispers with snowfalls, and dances with spring rains. Season by season, tranquility is discovered and the spirit is renewed.? Just as nature was dissolved into a building to rest in the valley, Seoul Memorial Park was embodied in a piece of land art to celebrate life and transfigure sorrows.
Project Details:
Project: Seoul Memorial ParkDate of Completion: 2012Site Area: 36,000 m2Gross Floor Area: 18,000 m2Client: Seoul Municipal Facilities Management CorporationArchitects: HAEAHN architecture