This project reimagines spaces for the dead as urban cultural zones, built from the layered footprints of demolished and existing buildings. Their intersections shape the columbarium, while fragments generate both everyday and memorial spaces. The facade of the living projects generic openings, echoing the structured systems that define daily life. In contrast, the fractured facade of the dead reflects nearby buildings, an uneasy acknowledgment of death shaped by fear and distance. A typical steel stud wall wraps the columbarium, stabilizing its presence through architectural familiarity. The project gives form to memory through the ordinary, allowing the past to surface and evolve.
Constructed Ruins
