CN10 Architetti has built a trio of white concrete and marble funerary arches with space to host ossuaries and cinerary urns for a cemetery in the northern Italian city of Bergamo.
CN10 Architetti formed the arches from six separate pieces, which are arranged in pairs to create a processional pathway for visitors to walk through the 75-square-metre mausoleum.
The curved concrete surfaces form a broken arch, leaving a gap at the top to allow sunlight to shine directly down into the space.
从侧面看,拱券呈现出三个立方体,每个立方体都是由四个独立的混凝土片垂直切口形成。
而这个来自贝加莫的建筑师建造的拱券,为意大利贝加莫省达尔米内镇的这块墓地增加了一丝神秘感。
From the side, the arches appear as three monolithic cubes – with each unit being made up of four separate concrete pieces with vertical incisions.
The Bergamo-based architects built the arches to increase capacity in the main cemetery of Dalmine, a municipality of around 25,000 inhabitants.
Cypress trees have been planted in the recesses between the three blocks, providing a private and meditative environment where visitors can find an intimate space to pay their respects.
"The [arches] are an expression of a simple language that represents the deep sense of memory, and the relationship between life and death, causing a mood suspended in a sacred dimension," said the architects.
结构坐落在陵园西端,共提供500个由Zandobbio大理石砌筑的用于盛放骨灰的壁龛。
尽管这是一个当代设计,但拱的尺度与材料都与附近的教堂相似。
Situated in the western end of the cemetery, the arches collectively provide 500 niches made from Zandobbio marble which house the ossuaries and urns.
Despite their contemporary design, the arched blocks are similar in scale and material to the neighbouring family chapels.
传统的墓园做法是,与廊柱结合的纪念建筑物设计位于墓地的中央空间。
“三个拱门定义了神性系统,可以无限次重复。”建筑师说。
“这些街区是寒冷和开放的空间,直接接受阳光和雨水的洗礼,然而我们运用了墙壁的曲线保护了那些拱门。”
Traditionally, memorial buildings with colonnaded structures occupy the central space of the cemetery.
"The three blocks define a serial and unitarian system, which can be repeated infinitely," said the architects.
"The blocks are cold and open spaces – sun and rain falls without filters – nevertheless, the walls are protected by the generous curve of the arch."
Concrete has become increasingly popular in memorial architecture, perhaps most famously being used in the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, and more recently, by OMA's 11 towers based on Zoroastrian architecture, to echo sounds made by mourners.
Photography by Gianluca Gelmini.