Igualada Cemetery: Eric Miralles and Carme Pinos

by Anatxu Zabalbeascoa

In Enric Miralles's work, the site - whether natural landscape or urban grid - is always at the forefront of the final design. At the Igualada Cemetery, situated on the outskirts of Barcelona, the topographical order is framed by sinuous curves and trenches, yet the concrete embankments, overhanging parapets and converging edges relate to the setting as the initially perceived elements within the overall perspective of the space. The disciplines of architecture and landscape are here fused to create a place of tremendous burial niches are ranked and stacked to form great funerary walls incised deep into the landscape, and rising to culminate in the entrance marked by great sculptural forms and the mortuary and chapel buildings.

Genres: Architecture

60 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 1996

About the author

Anatxu Zabalbeascoa Conca.

Reviews

[jw468 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s too bad that Phaidon appears to have discontinued this series of books because they’re excellent. About a third of each book is a textual analysis with illustrations, the next third b/w and color photos, and the final third drawings. The last page has a bibliography that can be used to guide further research. This particular book not only covers the Igualada Cemetery as built, but also the competition entry, using the original drawings in the original language.