As Glimmer Settles Down... ?Death is not the end of life, but the beginning of the next journey. I am a watchman whose job is to guide them to the next destination. As the cremation process begins, I say to them, ?safe trip.??

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Architects: C.M. Chao Architect & Planners

Location: Qijin 3rd Rd, Qijin District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 805

Design Team: X.P. Zheng, B.J. Hou, H.W. He, Y.X. Zhong, Z.W. Chen, S.J. Lin

Area: 2352.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Courtesy of C.M. Chao Architect & Planners

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From the architect. As Glimmer Settles Down... ?Death is not the end of life, but the beginning of the next journey. I am a watchman whose job is to guide them to the next destination. As the cremation process begins, I say to them, ?safe trip.??

Courtesy of C.M. Chao Architect & Planners

Quoted from the movie ?Departures.?聽 Birth, illness, old age, and death are an unavoidable part of life. Our design concept embodies the philosophy of changing traditional views towards burial grounds of being ghastly and unwelcoming to the living. By allowing natural elements-- such as wind, light, and water--to come together and complement one another, a ?quiet memorial space for remembering the departed?...