We climb a gentle path to get there.
We are absorbed by silence as we contemplate this endless and ethereal space.
Again, here function determines the space. Open and endless.

At the centre, the family gathers around the memory of their loved ones.
The space is formed by a ceiling that hangs from columns on which a low dome sits, asserting hierarchy and tradition.

Timeless, in the contemporary reading of a place of respect, memory and gratitude.
The massiveness of the exposed concrete and the stone create space and function and open these to the landscape and to infinity.

Silence tells stories and evokes Life as it advances through the finiteness of time and space.

Everything else is intimacy.

Carlos Castanheira

Architects :

Álvaro Siza

with

Carlos Castanheira

Portugal Office: 

CC&CB – Architects, Lda.

Project Coordinator:

Francesca Tiri

Luís Trigueiros Reis

Project Team:

Erika Musci

3D Visualisation:

João Figueiredo

Pedro Afonso

Local Architectural Team:

WZWX Architecture Group

(Stephen Wang

Chiou-Huei Lin

Wen-Wei Cheng

Jianfei Cheng

Engineering

Structure:

Quanovation Construction Consultant Co., Ltd.

(Bruce K.C Lee)

Contractor:

Ju-Gang Construction Co. Ltd

Contractor representative:

Ching-Zong Hsiao

Construction management :

Ding-Yu Fang + WZWX Architecture Group

Photography:

Fernando Guerra FG+SG