Chia Ching Mausoleum / Ãlvaro Siza + Carlos Castanheira

SILENCE

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Architects: Carlos Castanheira, Ãlvaro Siza

Location: Jin San District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Portugal Office: CC&CB, Arquitectos

Local Architectural Team: WZWX Architecture Group (Stephen Wang, Chiou-Huei Lin, Wen-Wei Cheng, Jianfei Cheng)

Area: 180.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Collaborators: Francesca Tiri, LuÃs Trigueiros Reis, JoÃ£o Figueiredo, Erica Musci, Pedro Afonso

Structure Engineering: Quanovation Construction Consultant Co., Ltd. (Bruce K.C Lee)

Contractor Representative: Ching-Zong Hsiao

Construction Management: Ding-Yu Fang + WZWX Architecture Group
Client: Chia Ching - Family Lin

Text: Carlos Castanheira

Â© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

SILENCE
We climb a gentle path to get there.We are absorbed by silence as we contemplate this endless and ethereal space.Again, here function determines the space. Open and endless.At the centre, the family gathers around the memory of their loved ones.The space is formed by a ceiling that hangs from columns on which a low dome sits, asserting hierarchy and tradition.

Â© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Axonometry

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Timeless, in the contemporary reading of a place of respect, memory and gratitude.The massiveness of the exposed concrete and the stone create...

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