Since 2002, cremation has been the dominant form of bodily disposal in the Netherlands. Consequently, people are increasingly using crematoria as places to say farewell to their loved ones. However, in contemporary society, with its growing demand for more personalised death rites, many crematoria have been criticised for being technical ‘non-places’ rather than symbolic ones permitting emotional fulfilment. We selected recently-built crematoria in Haarlem, Leusden and Zoetermeer to examine whether they display new postmodern design principles. Although the architects of these crematoria had to incorporate modern principles, in particular for the functional aspects of the buildings, they clearly also invested in their symbolic function. The ...
Death is universal, but the way we deal with it is diverse and ever changing. For a period of time t...
We present the design research for the adaptive reuse of the St. Odulphus church as a columbarium in...
This paper examines the way funerals are evolving in Belgium today. Drawing on non-directive intervi...
Since 2002, cremation has been the dominant form of bodily disposal in theNetherlands. Consequently,...
The first crematorium in the Netherlands was build in 1913, long before the official legalization of...
This book, the first full-length study of the subject, represents the culmination of eight years res...
From the outset the lack of a shared and clear expectation of what was required from a crematorium a...
[EN] The crematorium is an important public building. It has however an ambiguous relationship with ...
Behind every human death there is a story, unique to the human being, one that comes to a close afte...
This paper presented a new critical reading of the crematorium, rendered ‘invisible’ by the taboo su...
In contextualizing the Dutch funerary practice in its wider legal, national and local governance fra...
In these days, many crematoriums were built or extended. These newly formed crematoriums are differe...
Contains fulltext : 101459.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Radboud Univers...
Een ontwerp voor een crematorium in Flevoland gebaseerd op enkele relaties tussen muziek en architec...
Funeral services are part of public facilities with deep meaning for the mourners to ‘say goodbye’. ...
Death is universal, but the way we deal with it is diverse and ever changing. For a period of time t...
We present the design research for the adaptive reuse of the St. Odulphus church as a columbarium in...
This paper examines the way funerals are evolving in Belgium today. Drawing on non-directive intervi...
Since 2002, cremation has been the dominant form of bodily disposal in theNetherlands. Consequently,...
The first crematorium in the Netherlands was build in 1913, long before the official legalization of...
This book, the first full-length study of the subject, represents the culmination of eight years res...
From the outset the lack of a shared and clear expectation of what was required from a crematorium a...
[EN] The crematorium is an important public building. It has however an ambiguous relationship with ...
Behind every human death there is a story, unique to the human being, one that comes to a close afte...
This paper presented a new critical reading of the crematorium, rendered ‘invisible’ by the taboo su...
In contextualizing the Dutch funerary practice in its wider legal, national and local governance fra...
In these days, many crematoriums were built or extended. These newly formed crematoriums are differe...
Contains fulltext : 101459.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Radboud Univers...
Een ontwerp voor een crematorium in Flevoland gebaseerd op enkele relaties tussen muziek en architec...
Funeral services are part of public facilities with deep meaning for the mourners to ‘say goodbye’. ...
Death is universal, but the way we deal with it is diverse and ever changing. For a period of time t...
We present the design research for the adaptive reuse of the St. Odulphus church as a columbarium in...
This paper examines the way funerals are evolving in Belgium today. Drawing on non-directive intervi...