Crematorium in Basel: Calm and Light for the Sacred
Crematorium in Basel: Calm and Light for the Sacred
- urbanNext, April 30, 2018
- 330 words.
Architekturbüro Garrigues Maurer GMBH, Low Density, Project, Territory and mobility
Basel, Brick, Concrete, Context, Extension, Landscape, lattice, Light, masonry, Project, Religion, Religious building, Skylight, Switzerland, Territorial Approach
Not far from the center of Basel, near the border with Germany and close to the Rhine River, lies Switzerland’s biggest cemetery. The so-called Hörnli is a place of mourning and devotion, but also a sensitive and precisely cultivated garden. It is also located on a border in a metaphorical sense: it is a multicultural place that reflects our being together before and after death.
2575-5374
Architecture Spirituality Basel, Switzerland Switzerland
Architekturbüro Garrigues Maurer GMBH, Low Density, Project, Territory and mobility
Basel, Brick, Concrete, Context, Extension, Landscape, lattice, Light, masonry, Project, Religion, Religious building, Skylight, Switzerland, Territorial Approach
Not far from the center of Basel, near the border with Germany and close to the Rhine River, lies Switzerland’s biggest cemetery. The so-called Hörnli is a place of mourning and devotion, but also a sensitive and precisely cultivated garden. It is also located on a border in a metaphorical sense: it is a multicultural place that reflects our being together before and after death.
2575-5374
Architecture Spirituality Basel, Switzerland Switzerland