Dos casas funerarias. Patio en Thionville y cripta en Damelevières, Francia

[EN] The existing shop is a former dwelling which seems odd amongst the commercial area big boxes. The program of the operation is no less ambiguous, as it merges commercial and ritual purposes. A generic box wraps the dwelling and its extensions, doubling the former surface. Its volume copies the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: GENS
Format: article
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/190028
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/190028
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Core
Crypt
France
GENS
Architecture
Concrete
Funeral Home
Casa Funeraria
Cripta
Francia
Arquitectura
Hormigón
Patio
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Summary:[EN] The existing shop is a former dwelling which seems odd amongst the commercial area big boxes. The program of the operation is no less ambiguous, as it merges commercial and ritual purposes. A generic box wraps the dwelling and its extensions, doubling the former surface. Its volume copies the surrounding ones while its shade refers to the conspicuously neutral grey suits of the profession. The public funeral home is located within the cemetery enclosure. It opens the surrounding wall with a timeless colonnade which sinks into the darkness of the building, below the natural sloping ground level. Seen from the cemetery, the new building surfaces like a large slab among the graves.