Anglesea Cemetery
Design Studio Water
University of Melbourne | Instructor: Emil Jonescu | Individual Work | Fall 2014
When I considered the subject of the cemetery, my first thought was that this is a question about life and death. When people are facing life and death, the emotional part is always greater than the rational factor, so this should be the main message that this design needs to deliver.
There are many kinds of people’s emotions in life, happy, troubled, sad and surprises are all very short-lived, but the feeling of death is overwhelming for people. What death brings to a person is a deep and heavy emotional that seems to be calm, but it is a sense of powerlessness that is immersed in the great power. Therefore, I want the appearance of the building should present a calm and primitive temperament. Moreover, in this design, people’s experience should gradually be built up by a series of sensory experiences on the path (from calm to the overwhelming sense of powerlessness).
A Series of Experiences // Clam (left 1) - Recall (left 2) - Memorize (left 3) - Relief (left 4)
In this design, people’s experience is composed of a series of moments. At the beginning (Claim), waiting at the front of the reception room. Then (Recall), when you get to the middle of the road, the destination starts to appear in front of you. Next (immerse in mourning), entering the huge volume of memorial space. Finally (Relief), leaving the memorial place and looking back to the town and ocean.
This series of sensory experiences represent people’s emotional status from birth to death and finally accepting the death.
Site Plan
Ground Floor Plan // The Memorial Hall, Tea House and Service Room, Reception (from left to right)
The Memorial Hall Section
Inside The Memorial Hall
