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Shijiazhuang Ander Memorial Park Cemetery Building by Archermit |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
AE: It seeks to embody a harmonious, peaceful, relaxed, and warm humanistic landscape atmosphere with a strong sense of ceremony and artistry. The emotion-free warm spaces aim to provide people with physical and mental relaxation and allow the living to heal their sorrows while offering a resting place for the deceased. The goal is to achieve a symbiotic and joyful coexistence between humans and nature.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
AE: Chinese cemeteries are very traditional, especially in terms of architecture. We want to create this building in a warmer and more healing way.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
AE: A month.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
AE: There are many traditional cemeteries in China, and we are fortunate to have met homeowners who share our ideas to implement this new cemetery architecture. This is a commissioned project.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
AE: The project has been completed and the owner is currently using it.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
AE: We are very interested in using design to change the traditional form of an industry. Introducing different elements into traditional industries will stimulate more people to think.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
AE: Tadao Ando.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
AE: The elements we use are still traditional Chinese funeral elements, but the presentation will be more modern, concise, and efficient in utilizing space and materials.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
AE: This is the name of the owner's brand, meaning peace and tranquility.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
AE: The exterior walls of the building are made of paint to simulate the local soil, as the project is located halfway up the mountain. We hope that although it is modern, local elements can be seen, so from the bottom of the mountain, it looks like a protruding rock on the mountain.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
AE: The design work is independently completed by our team.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
AE: Because it was our first time working on cemetery architecture, we visited many local and domestic cemetery projects and had discussions with experienced designers
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
AE: How to balance tradition and modernity is our biggest challenge.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
AE: This will be an opportunity to change China's funeral industry. We have been invited to attend the upcoming national industry conference in June and give a speech on this project.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
AE: Actually, this is a great experience. We have pondered many topics about death and will cherish everything we have now even more.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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