Starting senior year, I was given a case study to research and study Berlin's Treptow Crematorium. Built by Axel Schultes and Charoletter Frank, this crematorium carried out two functions- cremation and funeral ceremonies. These took place on separate floors of this monolithic exposed concrete structure The square hall can accommodate up to 1,000 people and is spatially articulated by 29 monumental circular columns with so-called "light capitals" at their heads. Supported only by cantilevered brackets at the tops of the columns, the rough concrete roof seems to hover over these spaces like a translucent canopy.

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Senior Thesis Arch 495. Professor Juliana Maxim

Fall 2015