Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong by Or Man Lai

Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong by Or Man Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award nga Bronse in Disenyo sa Arkitektura, Gambalay ug Estruktura Competition Category.

BronseArkitektura· 2020

Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong

by Or Man Lai

Client: Sage Funeral Services Ltd.

A' Design Award nga Bronse Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong

Ang Gather usa ka sentro sa seremonyas sa lubong nga gitukod sa Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Ang tinukod nagsunod sa tulo ka yugto sa paglihok, nga ginganlag Pagbiya, Pagtigom, ug Pagkonektar. Ang usa ka lawak eksibisyon nagtugot sa pamilya ug mga bisita nga makatan-aw sa namatay. Ang usa ka publikong atrium naghatag og pahulay ug pagpamalandong, dala ang kahayag sa adlaw ug landong sa mga kahoy. Ang usa ka tanaman sa abo sa atop nagdala sa mga elemento sa kinaiyahan ngadto sa mga bisita. Ang istruktura naghiusa sa abo sa tawo uban sa konkreto, ug gigamit ang mga gi-recycle nga materyales sa sulod. Ang mga porma nagpahinumdom sa duha ka kamot nga naghikap. Ang tumong mao ang paghupay sa kasubo ug pagsuporta sa panaghiusa sa katilingban.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Bronse

Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Bronse, usa ka labihan ka prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa talagsaon nga mga disenyo nga gipaila sa pagkamamugnaon, kaabtik, ug kamatngon. Ang mga mananaog sa Bronse mga hanas kaayo ug makapahibulong nga mamugnaon nga mga artipakto nga nagpamatuod sa dakong kasinatian, imahinasyon, ug kaabtik sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga butang nga talagsaon ang pagkapropesyonal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Bronse naglakip sa labing maayong mga praktis sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya ug maayo kaayo tungod sa pagtagad niini sa mga detalye. Green Funeral Ceremony Center Sentro sa Seremonyas sa Lubong nagtagbaw sa mga panginahanglan sa matahom nga paagi, nag-igo sa mga tinguha, nagbihag sa mga pagbati, ug nagdani sa pagkamausisaon.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The green funeral center with the theme of Gather delivers the message of connection, of joining together and of humanity. The three stages of human flow are portrayed throughout the building and rooftop ash garden, which is intended to promote togetherness, in order to diminish the sadness and grief characteristic of traditional Chinese funerals. Its building materials and structure are composed of human ashes and concrete, in convergence with the center’s shapes, as a metaphor of two human hands meeting, implying that people can find a common point to understand that a funeral is a time to gather.
Dimensions & Packaging: 67200 mm x 20800 mm x 8200mm
Tags: funeral, ceremony, centre, HongKong, contemporary, eco, green burial, architecture
Production Technology: The funeral center has been unique in its use of recycled materials for the interior. The focus is on highlighting the Earth, inside and out, and the most innovative building material used was human ash. The building has created a space that makes human bodies useful in death, as they were in life, and creates a strong foundation thereby minimizing the use of non-renewable resources. The rooftop garden offers elements of nature to the guests, and the outside trees provide natural shade for their comfort.
Design Challenge: During this architectural project, one of the greatest challenges was dealing with the complicated nature of death and funerals, which are associated with sadness and negativity. Sage Funeral Services Ltd. always strives to provide a customized, high-quality funeral service experience, but Asian elders and traditionalists may not accept a green funeral. However, the designer is confident that the theme will promote a sense of community and offer a safe space in which to grieve and heal.
Research: In line with gathering together to celebrate life, the designer has created an eco-friendly funeral service center with recycled materials and an overall friendly space where visitors can have a unique experience of social connection and healing. The designer focused on the essence of a funeral to pay respects to ancestors and allow modern funeral services to infuse elements of environmental protection. We also utilized an ash and concrete mixture that is eco-friendly and reduces the use of resources.
Inspiration: With a view to gathering together, through an eco-friendly, modern funeral using recycled materials, visitors can experience social bonding and healing. Focused on the essence of a funeral being to remember one’s ancestors, Gather allows the customization of events to infuse elements of environmental protection. It celebrates humanity by using people’s bodies that were once important to life, allowing them to be essential in death, by converting the dead and Gathering them into a physical form. The building itself is designed to encourage movement.
Project Duration: Tai Mong Tsai Road, Sai Kung, Hong Kong
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Operation Flow: The whole space is divided into three parts: the Leaving, Gathering, and Connection. The exhibition space enables the family and guests to view the deceased in the early part of the ceremony in order to strengthen the cohesiveness. Then everyone can gather in the public atrium to have a rest and partake in some reflection. With the support of the family and guests, the sun and the tree shadows can calm the mind and body. Finally, all pass through the square, where the soul will be connected, and reach the final warm funeral and meditation space, and face the turning of life with forgiveness.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Or Man Lai, 2019.
Image Credits: #1 : Creator Or ManLai, Green Funeral Ceremony Center, 2019.
#2 : Creator Or ManLai, Green Funeral Ceremony Center, 2019.
#3 : Creator Or ManLai, Green Funeral Ceremony Center, 2019.
#4 : Creator Or ManLai, Green Funeral Ceremony Center, 2019.
#5 : Creator Or ManLai, Green Funeral Ceremony Center, 2019.