Czech Republic studio Petr Hájek Architekti has created a pet crematorium within an abandoned concrete bunker on a 1980s military site near Prague.
The crematorium occupies a semi-subterranean bunker at the former Drnov Air Defense Site, which was built to defend Prague during the Cold War.
While the site's main bunker has been turned into a military museum, Petr Hájek Architekti converted one of its smaller service bunkers and added a mirrored facade as a nod to its previous camouflaged nature.
Petr Hájek Architekti has built a pet crematorium in a Cold War bunker. Photo is by Benedikt Markel
"The camouflaged bunker gets a new layer simply by the addition of an immense mirror overlay," Petr Hájek Architekti founder Petr Hájek told Dezeen. "The original exterior elements, such as greenery and paths, remain in the original state. The whole area seems to be untouched at first glance."
The bunker now has a mirrored facade. Photo is by Benedikt Markel
Although the bunker is largely underground it had an open main concrete facade, which the studio covered in small hexagonal mirrors to create a reflecting wall over six meters tall and 11 meters long.
Along with making the structure blend in with the surrounding trees that have taken over the former site, the studio describes this facade as a symbolic "mystic window" that reflects memories.
A door in the mirrored wall is used for delivering cadavers
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