In Praise of Shadows Arkitektur, AB

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal

CEMETARY SERVICE BUILDING AT ULRIKSDAL

Petra Gipp Arkitektur, In Praise of Shadows

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman

ARCHITECTS
In Praise of Shadows, Petra Gipp Arkitektur

LOCATION
Sweden

CATEGORY
Cemetery

AREA
670.0 m²

PROJECT YEAR
2011

Photographs
Åke E:son Lindman

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman

Text description provided by architect.

We see a cemetery as a place which is naturally linked to life. To the development of life through time and through the world, something wandering which suddenly one day can end.

A demystified relationship to death makes life easier to live. Our proposal for a service building at the Ulriksdal Cemetery inserts itself in the rich, magnificent nature of the site.

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman
Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman

Two volumes at an angle, open up to the northwest and are supplemented with an ancillary building. The volume of the workshop reaches up towards the slope where oak trees grow, pointing in the direction of a future chapel.

The long concrete facade with its relief effect, stretches out to form a back drop for the cemetery and separates its tranquility from the activity of the courtyard of the service building.

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman
Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman

The service building consists of two different volumes in two different materials, concrete and wood, holding each other.

In the meeting between the volumes, the circulation occurs in the form of a cast in place concrete staircase which constitutes the nave between workshops, administration and staff.

This is a place for all faiths and for this reason it addresses the passage from life to death from a humanistic perspective rather than one associated with any particular religion.

For the people working at the cemetery with the park, the graves, interment, we want the building to have dignity and provide beautiful spaces as well as carefully balanced light and outlooks from the different functions.

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman
Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman

The service building is constructed out of truly sustainable materials which will age naturally and beautifully.

The concrete stairs and the floors are cast in place and by choice the traces and defects from the casting process have been left visible.

The prefabricated concrete elements of the facade show both their faces, the smooth faces outwards and the more coarse faces inwards.

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman
Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman

Wood facades and interior walls are built out of long boards of fir, treated with a coat of linseed oil on the exterior but untreated inside the building.

Passive, natural ventilation and geothermal heating. The green roof is made of sedum while the detailing is zinc.

The inner courtyard facade with its recessed doors and the windows of the administration unit, provide a quiet work space as well as the opportunity to see into the administration building.

The building forms an entryway into the park and cemetery. A building that states its practical function, draws on the industrial but also expresses something of pride and ease which resonates with the free design of the cemetery.

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
© Åke E:son Lindman


Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
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Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
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Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
facades
Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
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Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
ground floor plan
Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
second floor plan

Cemetary Service Building At Ulriksdal
roof plan

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