Funeral Service building in La Coruña

The project was visually inspired by the Neolithic funerary architecture (menhir) and stone as an essential element of the traditional architecture of the Celtic people. This idea has been materialised in the main facades, which is made of irregularly shaped granite slabs which coat vertical concrete panels interspersed with glass mirror curtain walls. As mirror glass reflects the sky, it gives the impression that the heavy stone elements have no apparent support. The organization of the programme of uses and the customer’s needs were conditioned by the triangular shape of the plot and the building capacity. On the ground floor and first floor, the viewing rooms and the different spaces for the users (reception, offices, chapel, etc.) were arranged around a common triangular space that serves as lobby, which is not common in this type of buildings which usually have a linear arrangement of viewing rooms, allowing this solution to visually perceive the extent of the space in its entirety. Light plays an essential role in the building, as inside the protagonist is definitely the staircase, that connects the three levels (ground, first and attic), and is crowned with a “glass box” which provides high level of light penetration.