{"id":4409,"date":"2014-05-02T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T19:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2014-05-02T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T19:51:08","slug":"tomb-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/05\/02\/tomb-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb for the Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exerpt from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.connect2edmonton.ca\/forum\/showpost.php?p=102024&amp;postcount=14\">Connect2Edmonton<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thirdstone_inc\/status\/461270586887385088\">thirdstone inc<\/a>\u00a0(site design\/concept lead for the Muttart&#8217;s plaza and courtyard addition):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Understanding Hemingway\u2019s Original Design Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though it has been suggested that the pyramidal shape was selected for its \u2018practical requirements\u2019, we were fascinated by Peter Hemingway\u2019s bold yet successful attempt to simulate Giza\u2019s pyramidal forms, which in effect was to \u2018house the dead\u2019. The architect sought to employ a comparable shape to \u2018house the living\u2019 with that of a modern botanical conservatory. The former signified reverence to those that occupied the ancient pyramids, while conservatory patrons venerate rare and prized living plant species collected from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>This underlying analogy allowed us to interpret Hemingway\u2019s notion to dispel the sombre overtones associated with this typology, with that of life and verve \u2013 thereby effectively and completely reversing the metaphor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Death vs. Life<\/li>\n<li>Permanent vs. Ephemeral<\/li>\n<li>Long life (Afterlife) vs. Transience, relative to Time (as in Plant Life) &#8211; Living or lasting for a day, as certain plants or insects do.<\/li>\n<li>Material: Monolithic (heavy, solid) vs. Transparent (light, clear)<\/li>\n<li>Terrain: Arid \/ Dry \/ Textural vs. Lush \/ Humid \/ Pristine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Photo by\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #b18d61;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/striatic\/861966733\/\">hobvias sudoneighm<\/a>\u00a0\/ CC BY 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Photo taken on the 20th of July, 2007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exerpt from\u00a0Connect2Edmonton\u00a0by\u00a0thirdstone inc\u00a0(site design\/concept lead for the Muttart&#8217;s plaza and courtyard addition): Understanding Hemingway\u2019s Original Design Concept Though it has been suggested that the pyramidal shape was selected for its \u2018practical requirements\u2019, we were fascinated by Peter Hemingway\u2019s bold yet successful attempt to simulate Giza\u2019s pyramidal forms, which in effect was to \u2018house the dead\u2019.<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/05\/02\/tomb-living\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Tomb for the Living&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8111,"featured_media":4415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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