Statie Stuifduin -a2o-architecten

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In this book, Belgian architecture office a2o presents an investigative and connecting approach to architecture through an evocative reading of their latest project, crematorium Statie Stuifduin in Lommel, Belgium. This thoughtful yet radical design blends architecture and landscape in a succession of spaces that reveals a deep understanding of both the fundamental aspects of and changing attitudes towards death, burial and the journey of life. Rather than through explicit religious symbols, the sacral is represented by the universal power of nature and by Romantic notions of finding meaning in rediscovered nature. In doing so, Statie Stuifduin goes beyond the specifics of the building to explore new visions of what contemporary funeral architecture can be.

2019 Mies van der Rohe Award nominee

> architecture for a new cemeterial culture

> showcase for building with nature

• ISBN

  9789462084957

• Title

  Statie Stuifduin -a2o-architecten

• Author

  Philippe Breels, Lisa De Visscher, Jan De Zutter, Luc Vanmuysen

• Publisher

  nai010 publishers

• Publication year

  2018

• Binding

  Hardcover

• Language

  English/French/Dutch

Statie Stuifduin -a2o-architecten

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