Chia Ching Mausoleum
CHIA CHING MAUSOLEUM
Carlos Castanheira, Álvaro Siza
ARCHITECTS
Carlos Castanheira, Álvaro Siza
PORTUGAL OFFICE
CC&CB, Arquitectos
LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL TEAM
Stephen Wang, Chiou-huei Lin, Wen-wei Cheng, Jianfei Cheng, Wzwx Architecture Group
CLIENT
Chia Ching - Family Lin
TEXT
Carlos Castanheira
CONTRACTOR REPRESENTATIVE
Ching-Zong Hsiao
STRUCTURE ENGINEERING
Quanovation Construction Consultant Co.Ltd., Bruce K.C Lee
COLLABORATORS
Francesca Tiri, Luís Trigueiros Reis, João Figueiredo, Erica Musci, Pedro Afonso
PHOTOGRAPHS
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
AREA
180.0 m2
YEAR
2017
LOCATION
Jin San District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
CATEGORY
Crypts & Mausoleums
We climb a gentle path to get there. We are absorbed by silence as we contemplate this endless and ethereal space.
Again, here function determines the space. Open and endless.
At the centre, the family gathers around the memory of their loved ones.
The space is formed by a ceiling that hangs from columns on which a low dome sits, asserting hierarchy and tradition.
Timeless, in the contemporary reading of a place of respect, memory and gratitude.
The massiveness of the exposed concrete and the stone create space and function and open these to the landscape and to infinity.
Silence tells stories and evokes Life as it advances through the finiteness of time and space. Everything else is intimacy.
