Jardines de la Paz was the first private cemetery developed in Peru. After many years of cemeteries being managed by public institutions, it was legally available that there could be investments in this subject, which in turn permitted the development of the first private cementery.
© Jose Orrego . Published on February 10, 2014.
It seemed necessary to create a symbolic building that made it easy to create the confidence and credibility necessary in a new cemetery in a society which was used to honor the departed in traditional cemeteries.
© Jose Orrego . Published on February 11, 2014.
The main idea was to create a principal volume, with a strong presence but at the same time be extemporal in order to consolidate this new cemetery. It is not necessarily catholic. This space, a chapel, acts as a pre room for the cremation process, which is done in the back area.
© Jose Orrego . Published on February 11, 2014.
This complex holds two constructions, one represented by the chapel which has a mystic aspect; and the other represented by geometry, which has an industrial aspect where the crematorium is. Both construccion are located in a landscape that has a park and a hill. The chapel was designed as a transition from the terrain to the divine.
© Jose Orrego . Published on February 11, 2014.
The base is made of Stone and evolves into fringes of black reflective glass and finishing in a point, as well made of glass, which reflects the sun. This image gives us a sensation of a solid sliced, which holds heaven inside, and also changes from something rural, like stone, to something smooth, like glass.