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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. Del Carmen Funeral Home in Murcia, Spain by MCEA | ArquitecturaMarch 12th, 2021 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MCEA | Arquitectura The DEL CARMEN FUNERAL HOME project in Torreagüera consisted of the reform of a premises included in an existing industrial building for the implementation of a program of uses that includes 3 rooms, a chapel, cafeteria and spaces for internal use by staff.  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura
 Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura The industrial typology of the space to be reformed substantially conditioned the conception of the project from its initial phase, by requiring the use of techniques and resources of industrial construction to design spaces with important connotations of traditional domestic and religious architecture. This attempt to merge industrial construction techniques with interior spaces of a domestic and religious nature is visible in two fundamental aspects On the one hand, the natural lighting system of the rooms and the chapel is solved by means of industrial light collectors (SOLATUBE), which is represented in one of the most relevant elements of the project as it constitutes the main element of singularization of the altar of the chapel.  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura On the other hand, the untying of the new uses with respect to the existing uses in the building (commerce) is sought by treating the façade which, while maintaining the white color of the whole, introduces a nuance through a vertical grating achieved by superimposing a cladding with a perforated ribbed architectural profile that allows unifying the entire façade of the premises. The relationship of the interior spaces of the building with the public space is structured in two categories A meeting and gathering space that is totally visually open to the public thoroughfare, conceived as its extension, constitutes the general hall of the chapel and rooms. The remaining spaces, that is, rooms and cafeteria, are endowed with a greater degree of seclusion and privacy by concealing them from the public thoroughfare by interposing the perforated façade finish as a latticework.  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © David Frutos Fotografía de Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © MCEA | Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © MCEA | Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © MCEA | Arquitectura  Image Courtesy © MCEA | Arquitectura
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