Green Funeral Ceremony Center Malo Ochitira Mwambo wa Maliro by Or Man Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Nyumba, Zomanga ndi Zomangidwa Competition Category.
BronzeZomangamanga· 2020
Green Funeral Ceremony Center Malo Ochitira Mwambo wa Maliro
by Or Man Lai
Client: Sage Funeral Services Ltd.
Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award Winner in Zomangamanga Category
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About Green Funeral Ceremony Center Malo Ochitira Mwambo wa Maliro
Gather ndi malo ochitira mwambo wa maliro omangidwa ku Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Nyumbayi imatsatira magawo atatu a kayendedwe, otchedwa Kuchoka, Kusonkhana, ndi Kulumikizana. Malo owonetsera zinthu amalola banja ndi alendo kuti aone wakufayo. Bwalo la anthu onse limapereka malo opumira ndi kusinkhasinkha, mothandizidwa ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa ndi mithunzi ya mitengo. Munda wa phulusa pamwamba pa nyumba umabweretsa zinthu za chilengedwe kwa alendo. Nyumbayi imaphatikiza phulusa la anthu ndi konkriti, ndipo zipangizo zobwezerezedwanso zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mkati mwake. Mawonekedwe ake amakumbutsa manja awiri akukumana. Cholinga chake ndi kuchepetsa chisoni ndi kuthandizira kulumikizana pakati pa anthu.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award
Green Funeral Ceremony Center Malo Ochitira Mwambo wa Maliro ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino kwambiri omwe amaonekera ndi luso lolenga, kuchenjera ndi nzeru zakuthwa. Opambana a Bronze ndi zinthu zaluso kwambiri ndi zolenga modabwitsa zomwe zimatsimikizira zochitika zazikulu, kulingalira ndi kuchenjera kwa opanga awo. Green Funeral Ceremony Center Malo Ochitira Mwambo wa Maliro akuyembekezeka kukhala chinthu choyamikiridwa, chosirira ndi chokondedwa, chaukatswiri wapadera ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo ndipo ndi abwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamala kwawo zazing'ono. Green Funeral Ceremony Center Malo Ochitira Mwambo wa Maliro amakwaniritsa zosowa mokongola, kukhudza zilakolako, kukopa mitima ndi kudzutsa chidwi.
Behind the Design
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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
Remaining Portion of section B of Lot no.333 Lands - 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.
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