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Access View.
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Street View.
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View of the Main Entrance.
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General View.
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View of the Grand Aula.
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Detail of the Light Sky.
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Ground Floor Plan.
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Sections.
Crematorium "Uitzicht"
Souto Moura - Arquitectos, SA, SumProject. Kortrijk, Belgium
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Name of work in English
Crematorium "Uitzicht"
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Name of work in original language
Crematório "Uitzicht" em Kortrijk
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2013
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Work Location
Kortrijk, Belgium
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Studio
Souto Moura - Arquitectos, SA, SumProject
EUmies Awards 2013 Nominees
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. "
T.S.Elliot
Collaborators
Architect: S Alves, Andr Campos, Marta Pinho, Ana Patr Sobral, Manuel Vasconcelos, Jos Mariano, M Ramos, Lu Peixoto; Graphic design: R Sousa; Architect: Bernard De Coninck, Jan Kalh, Eran Mordohovich, Jan Jonas Szatanski; Consulting: Bart Canfyn
Program
Funerary
Completion
2011
. It is a matter of searching for calm and make peace with the impressive landscape of HoogKortrijk. The cemetery of HoogKortrijk is a serene place that folds with the landscape, with plateaus that slip rhythmically over the slope. The strength of this place is born especially from its extension and vastness. It is very important to maintain the perspective and the silence. The new crematory is covered with earth and green as the landscape, making part of it. On the roof of the crematory one can recognize some figures of the light and sky, in granite, metal, glas and stone. The new crematory will breathe light and sky, water and landscape, for us the essential things. The crematory will not become a church or chapel, with a religious or mysterious ambiance. Nor will the crematory be a house with a familiar ambiance. The new crematory that we propose will become an extremely sober and righteous building, for a clear and dignified farewell.
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