Article source: Tomas Ghisellini Architects

The expansion of the cemetery in Tavazzano con Villavesco experiences a new relationship between the city of the living and the places of the dead, creating a novel and interesting link between landscape and funerary architecture. The project actively builds the atmosphere of a park-cemetery, where all the individualistic exaggerations, typically connected to traditional Latin models, are replaced by a widespread, gentle, someway \”domestic\” monumentality.

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• Architects: Tomas Ghisellini Architects
• Project: The Secret Garden
• Location: Tavazzano con Villavesco (Lodi), Italy
• Photography: Tomas Ghisellini
• Technical data:
  Place: Tavazzano con Villavesco (Lodi), Italy
  Client: Municipality of Tavazzano con Villavesco
  Functional Program: Municipal cemetery expansion. Columbaria burials, private family chapels, pedestrian paths coverage
• Architectural Design: Tomas Ghisellini Architects
• Structures: Beatrice Bergamini
• Technological systems: Nicola Gallini
• Work Safety: Nicola Gallini
• Construction Management: Tomas Ghisellini
• Cemeterial Technical Regulation: Tomas Ghisellini
• Landscaping: Tomas Ghisellini
• Collaborators: Cristina Haumann, Michele Marchi, Alice Marzola
• Lot’s Total Area: 3.970 sqm