What does a city with an overwhelming issue of space do with their dead?
A necessary solution to the city’s overwhelming issue of space, population, and the reality of death
What does a city with an overwhelming issue of space do with their dead?
A necessary solution to the city’s overwhelming issue of space, population, and the reality of death
At 7 million people Hong Kong is one of the densest populated cities in the world. There is hardly enough room for the living, let alone the dead. 50,000 families currently wait for somewhere to bury their loved one’s ashes.
Crawford George, Andre Farstad, Jesme Zhang, Yuri Maharaj
The majority of the project was equally divided among the team, and Jesme was responsible for the architecture renderings.
It became fairly clear to us that traditional burial practices were not going to work as there is not enough physical space. The government wants citizens to use sea burials, but they are widely disliked as common practices use slides and plastic bags to dispose of the ashes which as as one might expect, seems cheap and disrespectful.