Infinity Ground : Thailand and Taiwan Contemporary Architecture

Eternal Hill
Columbarium
Funerals are full of grief and emotions. We often
see cemeteries, the last place we say farewell
to our family, with fear. What kind of architecture
will be able to drive away the fear, bear
the emptiness of emotion and memory, and
at the same time be a space for us to settle
down and recollect the past? We need a carrier
for grief and loss, it does not mean what we
left behind after we passed, but it meant what
kind of space encourages us to face our past.
In this cemetery, it needs to carry 70,000 past,
which means it needs to contain 70,000 irreparable
regrets.
The stacking of slanted walls constructs a
vision of being surrounded by mountains.
Placing incense, candles, and flowers on the
“mountainside”, creates a wall and a chance
for us to be lost in our thought.
Wall being slanted and facing the sky, registering
the rays of the sun, accompany us to
confront fear. The skylight in the middle of
the heavy concrete structure gently lays down
light and hope in the courtyard.
Wall is an element that constructs distance.
In this case, by tilting the walls at a different
angle creates a visual of it gradually leaving
the griever. These walls create a distance of
departure, instead of separation. A rectangular
entryway invites unpredictable climate, and
slanted walls introduce wind from different directions.
As the cemetery is located in Hsinchu,
Wind City. The design and construction method,
of this wind tower, tells stories and memories
of the city.
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