"Every one of us has worked hard all our lives for a better place to live." When you face death, you may also hope that you can be placed in a Fengshui treasure land, and you can continue to enjoy an ideal residence in another world. For the deceased, it is a spiritual continuation of the good life before death, and for the living, it is the common wish of most people to use this to bless their descendants. Some people choose their own cemetery before they are alive, looking for an ideal residence in a hundred years; while the living will also go to the cemetery from time to time to mourn the memory of the dead under the traction of longing. The cemetery has become an important carrier connecting the emotions of the living and the dead, it’s not only a place for the dead, but a spiritual sanctuary for the living.
Shijiazhuang Ander Memorial Park is located at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, with numerous surrounding natural scenic areas. The project site features magnificent and beautiful scenery, lush greenery, and is rich in the symbols of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird, making it an excellent Fengshui treasure land. The design of the Cloud Mirror aims to respect traditional funeral culture while transforming the design concept of traditional cemeteries. With a focus on landscaping, artistry, and personalization, it seeks to embody a harmonious, peaceful, relaxed, and warm humanistic landscape atmosphere with a strong sense of ceremony and artistry. The emotion-free warm spaces aim to provide people with physical and mental relaxation and allow the living to heal their sorrows while offering a resting place for the deceased. The goal is to achieve a symbiotic and joyful coexistence between humans and nature.
In order to balance people's different religious beliefs. The design of Cloud Mirror chooses neutral architectural language to shape the scene, and the star becomes the core image expressing architectural emotion.
We take the triangle in the star-shaped element to refer to the star. The triangle is the basic figure of the geometric pattern, and the equilateral triangle is the most stable structure. There are a lot of classic applications in architecture. The equilateral triangle becomes the core image embryo of the cloud mirror. Extended by the imagery of stars, the nebula, the twenty-eight constellations and the most well-known Big Dipper among them have become important carriers for constructing the cloud mirror narrative scene. The Big Dipper is a star official belonging to Ziwei Enclosure. In traditional Chinese culture, the Big Dipper is the maker of the order of the world and the center of all things in the world.
The cemetery serves as an important carrier connecting the emotions of the living and the departed. In this unique architectural practice, we aspire to use design to bring a touch of warm solace to the weighty topic of "death" and provide healing to those who have experienced the loss of loved ones. We hope that the cemetery can be appreciated and cherished as another form of life, giving this ancient commemorative place ecological healing, emotional functions and artistic value, reflecting the humanistic and practical value of modern cemeteries.