CREMATORIUM AND URN GROVE

Ferdinand Miluk
Bratislava
1964-68

- puristic composition of the lengthwise white

walls defining the basic interior spaces and
the transverse walls made entirely out of glass
- great sensitivity towards the landscape

the main funeral hall with a view of the forest

example of the interior space

site plan (crematorium + urn grove)

 An environment with no conventional understanding of the

cemetery is required. It should be an easeful, counterbalancing
and harmonious environment. (F. Miluk )
- one of the best postwar architecture in
Slovakia
- since 2003 it has been registered as a
national landmark
- conceived in a spirit of Scandinavian
modernism

References:
magazine ARCH 03/08
http://www.register.ustarch.sav.sk/index.php/en/function/125-pietna/435-krematorium-a-urnovy-haj
http://www.asb.sk/architektura/stavby/nadcasova-architektura/krematorium-v-bratislave