Aabenraa Crematorium, Room for the Living Jutland, Danish Architecture Photos, Denmark Design Architect
Crematorium with Room for the Living in Aabenraa
11 May 2022
Location: Aabenraa, Jutland, southern Denmark
Design: ZENI arkitekter a/s

Photos: ZENI arkitekter a/s
Aabenraa Crematorium, Jutland
In a corner of the cemetery in the city of Aabenraa, a new crematorium has been designed by the local architect firm, ZENI arkitekter a/s. The building is designed with a focus on giving the deceased a dignified last journey, as well as providing the employees a pleasant and functional workspace.

As a rather unusual feature, the crematorium is built with a room, where the relatives can give their loved ones a last goodbye, and watch the caskets be put into the ovens. The relatives watch the ovens from the side, and can thereby not see the fire within the ovens. The room with the relatives is separated from the oven room by a large, seemingly opaque window. By pushing on a remote control, the window, however, becomes transparent, and reveal the ovens. The new crematorium in Aabenraa is only the third in Denmark to offer this service.
The simple, but sculptural building design has, through rich materials and exquisite details, achieved a solid but refined appearance, that welcomes the relatives, when they arrive via the path, that lead from the parking space, through a beautiful birch grove, to the crematorium.

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