Avanto Architects: cemetery chapel, Vantaa, Finland.Finnish architect Ville Hara Ville Hara (born 1974) is a Finnish architect. He studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology and Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Belleville and graduated as an architect in 2002. , who was premiated in the AR Awards of 2003 for his bulbous bulbous /bul·bous/ (bul´bus) 1. bulbar. 2. shaped like, bearing, or arising from a bulb. bulbous having the form or nature of a bulb; bearing or arising from a bulb. , timber gazebo gazebo Lookout in the form of a turret, cupola (small, lanternlike dome), or garden house set on a height to give an extensive view. Few late-18th- and 19th-century rustic gazebos survive, but 17th-century turrets built up in an angle of the garden wall are not uncommon. (AR December 2003), is now in partnership with compatriot com·pa·tri·ot n. 1. A person from one's own country. 2. A colleague. [French compatriote, from Late Latin compatri Anu Puustinen under the auspices of Avanto Architects. This competition-winning project for a funerary fu·ner·ar·y adj. Of or suitable for a funeral or burial. [Latin f  ner chapel adds a new element to a historic church site in Vantaa, just to the north of Helsinki. The Church of St Lawrence was originally built in the fifteenth century, along with a parsonage and bellcote, as a parish nucleus for the then hamlet of Helsinki. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Avanto's chapel links these disparate elements in the landscape without being an overtly conspicuous presence, despite its evident newness. The old stone church and bellcote still dominate in a patrician way, with the parsonage buildings as a separate entity. Massing and materials respond to the cues of the surroundings, with stark planes of rendered brickwork and natural stone animated by the rich, jewel-like hues of patinated copper sheet and mesh. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Local demographics forecast a trebling of capacity over the next twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. , so the new building has two chapels, enabling separate services to be held concurrently. Each chapel has a dedicated foyer to tactfully tact·ful adj. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet: a tactful person; a tactful remark. tact prevent groups of mourners intermingling on arrival or departure. There is also a space for paying final respects and a separate chamber for burial urns. A series of orthogonal walls define the chapels and their attendant courtyards, for contemplation and light. The walls form a solid, rusticated rus·ti·cate v. rus·ti·cat·ed, rus·ti·cat·ing, rus·ti·cates v.intr. To go to or live in the country. v.tr. 1. To send to the country. 2. base, from which rise the copper-clad volumes of the chapels and urn room. The composition is anchored and completed by a corner belltower. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Consciously understated in the best Finnish tradition, the architecture strives to orchestrate a sense of tranquillity and dignity. Movement from one room to another is emphasised by subtle changes of light, scale and materials. Courtyards function as passages, a wall turns onlookers towards the light, the intimacy of a particular space gives reassurance to mourners. As the architects describe the final journey from mortality to eternity, 'The path turns toward the unknown, but goes on ...' C. S. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From churches to sports centres, projects that engender a sense of community. |
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