Siting the industrial cemetery : new burial grounds and crematory for Braintree, MA

Siting the industrial cemetery : new burial grounds and crematory for Braintree, MA

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1996.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stump, Richard Edward
Other Authors: Ann Pendleton-Jullian.The existence of a cemetery extension on the site of a defunct quarry and concrete batch plant allows the two sequences to begin a dialogue. The industrial cemetery reveals the human aspects of the concrete and quarrying industries. At the same time, the cemetery site draws upon its past mechanical existence to impart its industrial nature to those who experience it. The industrial processes required to excavate and process the land inform the organization and design of the cemetery extension. The crematory's presence will permit the funeral ritual to be affected by the industrial sequences of excavation and aggregate production. Additionally, the undefined boundary conditions around the cemetery will be engaged, integrating original cemetery, the new extension, and the juxtaposed urban fabric of the site. The second design investigation involves the inclusion of a fourth process into the project-the harvesting of light. Natural and artificial light become commodities to be processed by the structures of the crematory. The computer's ability to aid or inhibit the process of design and representation of light harvesting will be explored and tested. This new process will reinforce the initial investigation of the funeral, concrete batching and quarrying rituals/processes. At the same time, the separate buildings of the complex will be bound into a functioning unit through the harvesting ritual.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
Subjects:
Architecture.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70265

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