Carlos Castanheira Architects

Chia Ching Mausoleum

CHIA CHING MAUSOLEUM

Carlos Castanheira, Álvaro Siza

Chia Ching Mausoleum
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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

Chia Ching Mausoleum
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Chia Ching Mausoleum
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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.

Chia Ching Mausoleum
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Chia Ching Mausoleum
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Chia Ching Mausoleum
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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.

Chia Ching Mausoleum
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Chia Ching Mausoleum
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Chia Ching Mausoleum
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Silence tells stories and evokes Life as it advances through the finiteness of time and space. Everything else is intimacy.


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Chia Ching Mausoleum
Floor plan
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Site Plan


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Section 1 and 2
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Section 3 and 4
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Section 5 and 6
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Section 7 and 8


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Sketches 1
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Sketches 2
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Axonometry

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