Green Funeral Ceremony Center Ile-iṣẹ Ayẹyẹ Isinku by Or Man Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
IdẹÌkọ́lé· 2020
Green Funeral Ceremony Center Ile-iṣẹ Ayẹyẹ Isinku
by Or Man Lai
Client: Sage Funeral Services Ltd.
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About Green Funeral Ceremony Center Ile-iṣẹ Ayẹyẹ Isinku
Gather jẹ́ ile-iṣẹ ayẹyẹ isinku tí a kọ́ ní Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Ile náà tẹ̀lé àwọn ìpele ìṣíwàjú mẹ́ta, tí à ń pè ní Ìlọkúrò, Ìkójọ àti Ìsopọ̀. Àyè ìfihàn kan fún àwọn ẹbí àti àlejò láàyè láti wo òkú náà. Àgbàlá gbogbo eniyan kan pese ibi isinmi àti ìrònúpìwàdà, pẹ̀lú ìmọ́lẹ̀ oòrùn àti ìjìnlẹ̀ igi. Ọgbà eérú tí ó wà lóri òrùlé mú àwọn ohun-ìní ìṣẹ̀dá wá fún àwọn alèjò. Ilé náà ń so eérú ènìyàn pọ̀ mọ́ kọnkiritì, a sì lo àwọn ohun-èlò tí a tún ṣàtúnṣe rẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀. Àwọn àpẹrẹ náà ń rántí ọwọ́ méjì tí ń pàdé. Ète náà ni láti mú ìbànújẹ́ rọ̀, kí a sì ràn ìsopọ̀ láwùjọ lọ́wọ́.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Green Funeral Ceremony Center Ile-iṣẹ Ayẹyẹ Isinku jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Green Funeral Ceremony Center Ile-iṣẹ Ayẹyẹ Isinku yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Green Funeral Ceremony Center Ile-iṣẹ Ayẹyẹ Isinku ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
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
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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