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A New Building Type for Funeral Rituals
Name
Thea Wacker Mortensen
Education degree
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Architecture
Institute
Architecture and Culture
Program
Art and Architecture
Year
2020
With our project, we aimed to draw a building that could accommodate all aspects of the modern Danish funeral ceremony, as well as being a place for quiet remembrance in a busy city context. To accomplish this, we gathered three main programs: a Columbarium, a Ceremony-Room, and a Crematorium, in one buildings complex, on Jagtvej 69, Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s)
