KIT-Fakultät für Architektur – Master-Arbeiten Winter 2017/18

Cloud Necropolis, Berlin
Maxim Gabai
Raum und Entwerfen
Prof. Marc Frohn
Architekturtheorie
Prof. Dr. Georg Vrachliotis
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Cloud Necropolis Maxim Gabai 1680782
Wintersemester 2017/18
Im Turm
Fachgebiet Raumgestaltung Prof. Marc Frohn
Fachgebiet Architekturtheorie Prof. Georg Vrachliotis
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Cloud Necropolis Maxim Gabai 1680782
Wintersemester 2017/18
Blick auf Mauer
Fachgebiet Raumgestaltung Prof. Marc Frohn
Fachgebiet Architekturtheorie Prof. Georg Vrachliotis
The cemetery is and always been a special
place in every culture: necessary, sacred, frightening
and representative. The cemetery
and the funerary cult in Germany are changing
and therefore is in need of a new type of
cemetery. In earlier days families,
faith communities or the state took care of the
deceased in Germany. Certain rituals were
practiced dogmatically and there was the
typical picture of a grave covered by flowers,
a rich decorated gravestone and of a willowy
Graveyard. But in today’s reality the former
forms of funeral and cemetery don’t work anymore.
As the welfare of the Communities falls
apart and the structures of families
become looser, the current state of funerary
cults of today seems to be inoperative for Germany.
The consequences are that many
people are buried anonymously or cremated
to keep the maintain costs low or are interred
elsewhere. Cemeteries are forced to
shrink or must close due to low occupancy
rate. The other aspect of today society is that a
lot of mourning is expressed not at the
cemetery but via Internet in social media or
elsewhere. For many people the internet is
becoming the place of remembrance, grief
and condolence instead of the cemetery. As we
see the signs of decay of cemeteries in Germany,
we must admit, that the cemetery
is a very special place in the city: As a Green,
collective and heterotopic space it holds great
value for the city and enriches the city
on many levels. So, the question should be how
we can adapt the typology of the cemetery for
the future, so that the disposal of
bodies doesn’t just be-come a technical solution
without further influence on the city and
people?
The approaches that are used in my design are
not science fictional but are in parts already
used: as the alkali hydrolysis, the full
digitalization of a person and the active responding
digital persona are existing right now
and are used in other fields.
The design shows how such a cemetery could
look in the future.
1) Grundriss
2) Axonometrie
3) Perspektive Turm
4) Perspektive Park