A2o-architecten : Statie Stuifduin / authors, Philippe Breels [and three others] ; editor, Jo Berben [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

a2o-architecten.

Contributor:

Breels, Philippe.

Berben, Jo.

Language:

Dutch

English

French

Subjects (All):

a2o-architecten.

Statie Stuifduin (Crematorium : Lommel, Belgium).

Crematoriums--Belgium--Lommel.

Crematoriums.

Buildings--Belgium--Lommel.

Buildings.

Belgium--Lommel.

Physical Description:

73 pages, 62 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Statie Stuifduin

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : Nai10 Publishers, [2018]

Language Note:

In English, Dutch and French.

Summary:

In this book, Belgian architecture office a2o presents an investigative and connecting approach to architecture through an evocative reading of their latest project, crematorium Statie Stuifduin in Lommel, Belgium. This thoughtful yet radical design blends architecture and landscape in a succession of spaces that reveals a deep understanding of both the fundamental aspects of and changing attitudes towards death, burial and the journey of life. Rather than through explicit religious symbols, the sacral is represented by the universal power of nature and by Romantic notions of finding meaning in rediscovered nature. In doing so, Statie Stuifduin goes beyond the specifics of the building to explore new visions of what contemporary funeral architecture can be. (2019 Mies van der Rohe Award nominee.).

ISBN:

9462084955

9789462084957

OCLC:

1080082356