MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Anna Kosichenko— RAIC Honour Roll
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Anna Kosichenko— RAIC Honour Roll
About the Award
RAIC Honour Roll:
For those students who have achieved high academic standing in the top 10% of their graduating class.
Cadences of Being:
Architecture for the Living
Architecture is an artifact frozen in time, a physical ‘time stamp’ - an object that reflects its environment and values. When discussing history, one cannot deny death’s architectural mark on various cultures and eras. The desire to celebrate death, portray grief and commemorate heroes has left a lasting impact on history. While such physical ‘time stamps’ define our relationship with mortality, it begs the question:
“What is the future role of burial architecture in the realm of living?”
Current outdated, mechanized and costly burial practices are centred on the service providers and efficiency of the process rather than the experience of users, facilitating further physical and mental disconnect between life and death. To further the critique of the funeral industry in Ontario this thesis proposes an antithesis project that shines light on flaws of the system to bring attention to its betterment. ‘Funeral Machine’ is a conceptual representation of it, that aims to bring attention to the mechanized processes and provider-oriented design.
The upcoming change in burial practices is focused on sustainability as it has become a new spirituality for the city dwellers. As new technologies for sustainable dying are paving their way into the death care industry, they provide an opportunity for change: to reform the ritual of mourning, bring focus on the living rather than the past.
Architecture can bridge the physical and metaphysical aspects of death in the city and create an experience that honours the lifeless while creating unique curated experiences for the living. This thesis proposal aims to craft a built form that creates a space for death in the city, providing a modern way to grieve and shine a light on death as part of life.
The proposal provides a space for grieving in a city, crafting architecture that values human-centred experience and shines a light on death as part of life. Located in Trinity Bellwoods park, the project is composed of pavilions nested within the array of arches. This open-air intervention prioritizes freedom of movement and blurs the boundary between the inside and outside. The elements are in constant dialogue with one another through referencing each other via detailing, framed views and showcasing nature on site. The project is crafted with metal and wood. Both materials will gradually weather and show ravages of time in their physic, while trees on site will continue to follow cycles of life and reference the inescapable death and birth.
I am grateful to receive RAIC Honor Roll. This recognition has made an impact on my architectural journey, and I am inspired to give back to the architectural community and profession in the future.
RAIC Honour Roll:
For those students who have achieved high academic standing in the top 10% of their graduating class.
Cadences of Being:
Architecture for the Living
Architecture is an artifact frozen in time, a physical ‘time stamp’ - an object that reflects its environment and values. When discussing history, one cannot deny death’s architectural mark on various cultures and eras. The desire to celebrate death, portray grief and commemorate heroes has left a lasting impact on history. While such physical ‘time stamps’ define our relationship with mortality, it begs the question:
“What is the future role of burial architecture in the realm of living?”
Current outdated, mechanized and costly burial practices are centred on the service providers and efficiency of the process rather than the experience of users, facilitating further physical and mental disconnect between life and death. To further the critique of the funeral industry in Ontario this thesis proposes an antithesis project that shines light on flaws of the system to bring attention to its betterment. ‘Funeral Machine’ is a conceptual representation of it, that aims to bring attention to the mechanized processes and provider-oriented design.
The upcoming change in burial practices is focused on sustainability as it has become a new spirituality for the city dwellers. As new technologies for sustainable dying are paving their way into the death care industry, they provide an opportunity for change: to reform the ritual of mourning, bring focus on the living rather than the past.
Architecture can bridge the physical and metaphysical aspects of death in the city and create an experience that honours the lifeless while creating unique curated experiences for the living. This thesis proposal aims to craft a built form that creates a space for death in the city, providing a modern way to grieve and shine a light on death as part of life.
The proposal provides a space for grieving in a city, crafting architecture that values human-centred experience and shines a light on death as part of life. Located in Trinity Bellwoods park, the project is composed of pavilions nested within the array of arches. This open-air intervention prioritizes freedom of movement and blurs the boundary between the inside and outside. The elements are in constant dialogue with one another through referencing each other via detailing, framed views and showcasing nature on site. The project is crafted with metal and wood. Both materials will gradually weather and show ravages of time in their physic, while trees on site will continue to follow cycles of life and reference the inescapable death and birth.
I am grateful to receive RAIC Honor Roll. This recognition has made an impact on my architectural journey, and I am inspired to give back to the architectural community and profession in the future.
