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BRION CEMETERY VISITOR'S CENTER

WHERE | Tomba Brion, Altivole, Italy

 

WHEN | Spring 2016

 

PROJECT NARRATIVE

 

Situated directly adjacent to Carlos Scarpa’s iconic Brion-Vega Cemetery in Northern Italy. This project, done almost entirely in analogue consisted of a thorough analysis of the project itself as well as the eventual siting, design, and development of an accompanying visitor’s center.

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Tucked into the southern corner of the cemetery, the project breaks the wall in a single instance to actively engage with the cemetery, allowing for the re-articulation of the sites spatial sequence to allow for more linearity. Like the cemetery itself, the project demonstrates the relationship between life and death through the encapsulation of self-contained micro-biomes within thickened glass wall conditions to symbolize how life and death are entirely intertwined.

 

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