Igualada cemetery enric miralles biography
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Igualada cemetery enric miralles biography
Igualada Cemetery
Cemetery in Igualada, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Igualada Cemetery or New Cemetery (Catalan: Cementiri Nou) is a cemetery in Igualada, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by the architects Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós after winning an architectural competition in 1984.
Constructed between 1985 and 1994 as a replacement for the Old Cemetery (Catalan: "Cementiri Vell"), the cemetery became widely regarded as one of the most poetic works of twentieth century Catalan architecture. Enric Miralles, who died in the year 2000 is buried in one of the tombs.[1]
Architectural concept
Miralles and Pinós were concerned, not just to design a cemetery, but to explore poetic ideas regarding the acceptance of the cycle of life to enable a link between the past, the present, and the future.[2]
The project is conceived, in part, as an earthwork that transforms the surrounding landscape and also, in part, as a metaphor for the river