The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, in Igualada Cemetery
10/10/2017.
[Igualada-BCN] Spain
metalocus, JOSÉ FABERO
metalocus, JOSÉ FABERO
Carme Pinós designs a funeral installation, the crematorium, inside the park of cemeteries in Igualada.
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
The poetics of Carme Pinós in the new Crematorium, inside the cemetery of Igualada. Photograph © Jesús Arenas
Site plan. Courtesy by estudio Carme Pinos
Ground floor plan. Courtesy by estudio Carme Pinos
Roof floor plan. Courtesy by estudio Carme Pinos
Section plan. Courtesy by estudio Carme Pinos
Section plan. Courtesy by estudio Carme Pinos
Section plan. Courtesy by estudio Carme Pinos
The crematorium by Carme Pinós stands on a hill above the cemetery of Igualada. Hidden from the cemetery, integrated in the nature above an aromatic flowers field the crematorium aims to generate a proper atmosphere to allow an intimate farewell.
Its sculptural form is nourished from the conventional funeral materials, mixing a predominant concrete structure and ceramic finish.
Project description by Estudio Carme Pinós
The project responds to the desire to integrate into the cemetery without distorting the great poetics that emanates from it.
We are located on the top of a hill that covers the chapel and services, so that from the cemetery does not perceive the new building but, instead, we perceive the atmosphere and beauty of the cemetery.
The main idea of the project has been to understand with delicacy the situation that the program implies. Our position has been to relate to nature by creating a dialogue between visitors and the distant landscape that can be seen from the windows of the building.
Also responding to this will the slightly elevated location of the crematorium, located just above a set of aromatic plants. We intended to give the feeling of being on a different plane to the living and dead.
Although it could be considered a purely technical building, we wanted to endow it with all the poetics of those who come to this space.
Materials which link the building to the cemetery have been used. On the one hand, concrete, a predominant material in cemeteries, which gives the crematorium a more sculptural character and, counterwise the ceramic enclosure gives it a less monolithic and more welcoming dimension.
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Architect
Carme Pinós Desplat
Collaborators
Elsa Marti, Jeanne de Bussac
ECP Director
Samuel Arriola (Architect)
Dirección de ejecución
Jordi Mari
Constructor
Calaf SA
Structural engineers
Manuel Arquijo i Associats
Cost
372.000 €
Constructed area
252 m² (constructed), 1248 m²
Dates
September 2015-June 2016
Location
Carrer del Països Baixos Nº23, 08700 Igualada, Barcelona. Spain
CARME PINÓS
Carme Pinós i Desplat graduated with a degree in architecture from the school of Architecture in Barcelona (ETSAB) in 1979. In the mid 1980s the architectural proposals she developed in partnership with Enric Miralles obtained recognition in several architectural competitions. In 1991 she set up her own studio and since then she has combined her activity as an architect with teaching as a guest professor at different universities such as the Graduate Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation de Columbia University (1999), the École Polytechnique Féderale of Lausanne (2001-02), the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University (2003), the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (2005-06) o la Universitá di Roma Tre (2007-08).
Her built work and projects have been exhibited at several galleries and museums. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris hold models of her projects in their permanent collections. Her work has been published in several monographs (Actar, 1998: Monacelli Press 2004; “Documentos de Arquitectura”, nº 60, 2006). In 2008 she received the National Prize for Architecture and Urban Space from the Catalan Government in recognition of her entire professional career.
