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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Extension of Gubbio Cemetery in Italy by andrea dragoni architettoFebruary 11th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: andrea dragoni architetto The enlargement of the Gubbio cemetery is the result of studies of a new model of public building. On the one hand, it has developed the latest phase of growth of the monumental cemetery in Gubbio, one of Italy’s most important medieval cities. On the other hand, it intends to redefine its meaning and centrality within the structure of the city.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH
 Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH The plan is in an urban structure consisting of linear stereo metric blocks arranged in such a way as to reflect the rural layouts that characterize the surrounding landscape and the historic city. This concept of urban settlement is emphasized by the inclusion of large square enclosures designed to be open spaces that provide the structure with spatial rhythm.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH These spaces were inspired by James Turrell’s Skyspaces and are designed to be enjoyable public areas, independently from the cemetery, offering an opportunity to pause and reflect. These are cubic“squares of silence” having open ceilings that evoke windows open to the sky. The sky thus framed opens the mind to the reign of the invisible, allowing sight and thought to abandon Mother Earth’s gravity and acquire a more aerial and spiritual dimension.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH This relationship with the sky intends to define space that is also time, in such a way that you can find yourself again, a space that thrusts the horizon upwards like a metaphor of the boundaries of heaven, the last horizon of our life in a modern city. At the same time, opening to the sky, it re-interprets Leon Battista Alberti’s window, a window that is like a threshold, imagined by the great Renaissance architect as the only architectural artifice able to “instil the peacefulness” evoked by the celestial void that, descending from above, takes us back to the imperturbable state of the soul without which overcoming the adversities of life is impossible.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH The atmosphere of these “Squares of silence” is made more suggestive by a series of permanent site-specific artistic installations that capture the changing effects of light and shadow from dawn to dusk. These installations were created by two important Italian artists (Sauro Cardinali and Nicola Renzi), with whom collaboration began during the initial stage of the project. This contribution, strongly linked with architecture, helps to define a new space for silence and meditation within the city.  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © Alessandra Chemollo_ORCH  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto  Image Courtesy © andrea dragoni architetto
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