Eternal Hill Columbarium

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography

Eternal Hill Columbarium

Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten

LOCAL ARCHITECTS
Yen Partnership+Fuguach Architecture

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Zhou Shong Co., Ltd

MANUFACTURERS
Alex 電光企業, Siemens, Ya Tung 亞東水泥

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Top Technic Engineering Consultant Co., Ltd

MEP ENGINEERING
 Ming Jhan Co.,ltd

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Peng Da Wang

AREA
7579 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Xiangshan District, Taiwan

CATEGORY
Cemetery, Landmarks & Monuments

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography

Funerals and grief are full of emotions. We often face the cemetery, the last place we say farewell to our family with fear.

What kind of architecture will be able to drive away the fear, bear the emptiness of emotion and memory, and at the same time be a space for us to settle down and recollect the past?

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography

We need a carrier for grief and loss, it does not mean what we left behind after we passed, but it meant what kind of space encourages us to face our past.

In this cemetery, it needs to carry 70,000 past, which means it needs to contain 70,000 irreparable regrets.

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography

The stacking of slanted walls constructs a vision of being surrounded by mountains. Placing incense, candles, and flowers on the “mountainside”, creates a wall and a chance for us to be lost in our thought.

The wall being slanted and facing the sky, registering the rays of the sun, accompany us to confront fear.

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography

The skylight in the middle of the heavy concrete structure gently lays down light and hope in the courtyard.

The wall is an element that constructs distance. In this case, tilting the walls at a different angle creates a visual of it gradually leaving the griever.

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography

These walls create a distance of departure, instead of separation. A rectangular entryway invites unpredictable climate, and slanted walls introduce wind from different directions.

As the cemetery is located in Hsinchu, Wind City. The design and construction method, of this wind tower, tells stories and memories of the city.

Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography


Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography
Eternal Hill Columbarium
© YuChen Chao Photography


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Perspective Section
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Detail - Section and Elevation
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Axonometry


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North-West Elevation
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North-East Elevation
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South-East Elevation
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South-West Elevation


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1st Floor Plan
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2nd Floor Plan
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3rd Floor Plan
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4th Floor Plan
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5th Floor Plan
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Roof Plan


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Site Plan
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Section A
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Diagrams