*레이크우드 공동묘지 랜드스케이프 [ Halvorson Design Partnership ] Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum Landscape

레이크우드 공동묘지의 새로운 연못은 영혼의 심연을, 주변 자연환경을 흡수, 투영하는 매개로 정원의 중심부에 자리한다. 거대한 화강석 파빌리온 주위로 새롭게 조성된 랜드스케이프는 머무는자 -죽은자-를 기리는 장소이자 그들을 추모하기 위해 모이는자, 움직이는자 -산자-의 중첩된 이미지를 공간 속에 표현한다.

장소가 주는 엄숙함은 여기 풍부한 자연환경과 새로운 랜드스케이프 안으로 흡수되어 안정감 있는 휴식공간으로 변화한다. 죽은자를 위한 공간이다. 하지만 실질적인 향휴의 몫은 산자의 것이다. 필수불가결하게 생성되어야 하는 장소의 당위성을 인지하면서도 배척하는 아이러니한 행위를 하지 말고 우리 삶의 일부분으로 겸허히 받아 들여야 되지 않을까? 그것이 이번 프로젝트가 우리에게 주는 교훈이다.

reviewed by SJ

During the master planning process, which began in the late 1990s, the Trustees of Lakewood Cemetery asked Halvorson Design Partnership to take on the challenge of integrating a large new mausoleum in the historic garden landscape. The result, completed in 2012, is a highly integrated landscape and building featuring a zero-edge reflecting pool, accessible green roof, groves of native trees, and outdoor commemorative spaces.

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Landscape Architect: Halvorson Design Partnership
Project Size: 2.5 Acres
Cost: $5,300,000 (approx.)
Location: Minneapolis / Minnesota / USA
Mausoleum Architect: HGA Architects and Engineers | Minneapolis
Historic Landscape Planning: Elizabeth Vizza Consulting
Awards and Publications:
National Award of Excellence | American Society of Landscape Architects | 2013
Honor Award | Boston Society of Landscape Architects | 2012
A+ Popular Choice Award | architzer.com | 2013
Architect Magazine | Cover Story | October 2012

A new mausoleum and reception center is nestled into the existing slopes of the space. From the street, the building mass largely fades from view with only a 5,500-square-foot granite pavilion visible among the preserved specimen oak trees. (Lakewood Cemetery)

A large central lawn anchors the space and accommodates Memorial Day events for upwards of 350 people. Comfortable, contemplative spaces have been designed around the perimeter for more intimate gatherings.

The new reflecting fountain is a zero- edge pool with a 1” deep “scrim” of water over a layer of pavers on pedestal mounts. When drained in the winter, it becomes an active plaza space.

Mature trees were preserved through air spading, root pruning and shoring with sheet piling in order to build the back wall of the mausoleum. Terraced walls ease the transition between building and landscape and offer opportunities for future memorialization.

The green roof allows the cemetery’s “Lawn Plan” aesthetic to seamlessly extend to a newly created overlook. The union between architecture and landscape is epitomized by the bronze framed earth forms containing skylights to the crypt rooms below.

The Serviceberry tree derives its name from its delicate blossoms, which signified to early American colonists that the ground had thawed enough to dig graves and have burial services. River stones collect runoff to a below grade infiltration system.

The new garden mausoleum at twilight. The low ground plane focuses attention on the powerful mosaic motif around the windows. Exterior columbarium niches are designed between the projecting crypt rooms permitting interment in a garden setting.

Circulation was shifted away from the building to allow for the creation of a series of sacred zones defined by raised bronze or granite curbing.
A reflecting pool acts as the organizing axis between the chapel and the existing mausoleum. The formal relationship is reinforced by an allée of trees offering a secluded place for reflection. Additionally, hawthorne trees ameliorate the existing outdoor crypt walls.

from  landezine