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Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing in Gufunes Cemetary
Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing in Gufunes Cemetary
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing in Gufunes Cemetary
Reykjavik, Iceland
Project Featured on Dec 17, 2016
Project of the Day on Dec 17, 2016
The building
for the Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing in Gufunes Cemetary is the first
building of several in Reykjavik's main cemetry complex. The phases yet to come
include a church, chapel and a crematorium.
This
two-storey building is situated
on a basaltic hill south of the cemetary grounds. The project approch is based
on the site's premises, working in different scales, looking at the space
between the stones with the aim of translating it to architectural spaces. The upper floor includes a reception
and offices, while the lower floor contains technical and working areas.
The
artwork in the building is based on ideas born in a dialogue between the
artists Berghall and Arkibullan architects. The wall piece “Traces”, made of
cast concrete elements that create a pattern on the long curved wall in the
conference room, is based on the placement of the largest basaltic rock on the
site before development started. Color sets in office spaces and hallway use
colors picked from the nature around the site. In the stairway hall is a
permanent wall assemblage consisting of Diasec mounted black and white prints
made from historic photographs of funerals in Iceland.
The
building defines the entrance to the whole area, standing as the eastern wall
of the structures that are yet to come. The structure constitutes of two
masses. White concrete walls in
contrast to walls made of local basaltic stone sets its mark on the building's
appearances.
for the Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing in Gufunes Cemetary is the first
building of several in Reykjavik's main cemetry complex. The phases yet to come
include a church, chapel and a crematorium.
This
two-storey building is situated
on a basaltic hill south of the cemetary grounds. The project approch is based
on the site's premises, working in different scales, looking at the space
between the stones with the aim of translating it to architectural spaces. The upper floor includes a reception
and offices, while the lower floor contains technical and working areas.
The
artwork in the building is based on ideas born in a dialogue between the
artists Berghall and Arkibullan architects. The wall piece “Traces”, made of
cast concrete elements that create a pattern on the long curved wall in the
conference room, is based on the placement of the largest basaltic rock on the
site before development started. Color sets in office spaces and hallway use
colors picked from the nature around the site. In the stairway hall is a
permanent wall assemblage consisting of Diasec mounted black and white prints
made from historic photographs of funerals in Iceland.
The
building defines the entrance to the whole area, standing as the eastern wall
of the structures that are yet to come. The structure constitutes of two
masses. White concrete walls in
contrast to walls made of local basaltic stone sets its mark on the building's
appearances.
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