Chapel development

Once I had the forms for the graves developed I started to think about the chapel and archival space. I want to place the chapel near the hill because it is an important site condition that is under utilized and starts the terrace-like slope of when I wanted to place my cemetery expansion. Like the forms I used a curve to retain the hill allowing the entrance to cut down into the landscape. I then continued this curve to a straight line to make the side wall of the chapel space. I then continued original lines of the grave forms to the area of the chapel and it create the overall shape and structure of the program. Sectionally the chapel is higher than the archival space and I used the walls of shelves in the archive to seperate the two spaces. I used skylights to puncture the roof and allow for natural light to penetrate the roof. I still felt that the chapel space lacked light so I looked for materials that they used that could solve this issue. I like the use of glass block in the morgue and felt that the light passing through the glass would create interesting light effects. Further evaluation I realized that the light might be too harsh so I decided to add a perferated metal wall to filter the light while still creating intricate lighting. My apporach to the archival space is that it will be used to hold important memoirs of the deceased. I put a storage room where the walls of the room intersect the grave wall. Staggering heighted shelves line the walls of the space with a central circular skylight above a single viewing table. The entrance to the archive is on line with the circulation for ease of access. Since this is a space for safe keeping I placed a metal sliding wall that can seal off the entire space.