MUNICIPAL FUNERAL SERVICES, LEÓN

Project

This building is fronted with an expansive lawn and a lake thus blending in with the natural environment and the nearby residential area.
The waiting room looks out onto an ivy-covered ledge surrounded by birches, and is made of varnished wood. Carpeting and indirect lighting create a comfortable atmosphere.
Vigil rooms are illuminated with natural light coming from courtyards with water which suggest peace, quiet and privacy.
The only visible façade - the rooftop - reflects the magnificent sky of León, giving an analogy to death.

Team

• Architecture
  Jordi Badia + Josep Val
• Computation structures
  Eduard Doce.
• Calculation facilities
  Consulting Lluis Duart SL.
• Measurements and Budget
  Francesc Belart.
• Landscaping
  Mariano Garcia.
• Collaborating Architect
  Miguel Angel Margínez Puente.
• Images
  Photos: © Eugeni Pons

Publications

• Book: The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture
  Year 2003 Project: León City Morgue
• Catalogue V PREMIO DE ARQUITECTURA JULIO GALÁN CARVAJAL Colegio oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia.
  Year 2001 Pp. 48-51. Project: León City Morgue
• Catalogue V PREMIO DE ARQUITECTURA JULIO GALÁN CARVAJAL Colegio oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia.
  Year 2001 Pp. 48-51. Project: León City Morgue
• Catalogue de la Trienal de Arquitectura del Maresme. Ed. Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya - Demarcación de Barcelona
  Year 2004 Project: León City Morgue
• Catalogue II Premios Saloni de Interiorismo
  Year 2001 Pp. 08-11. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: a+12
  Year 2009 Pp. 18-19. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: A+U 394 Architecture in Spain (Japan)
  Year 2003 Pp. 66-75. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: ARCHITECTI 57 (Portugal)
  Year 2002 Pp. 44-53. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Architectural Record 7 (USA)
  Year 2002 Pp. 92-97. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: ARCHITECTURE MEDITERRANÉENE 57 (France)
  Year 2002 Pp. 133-136. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: ARCHITECTURE MEDITERRANÉENE 58 (France)
  Year 2002 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Architektur + Wettbewerbe (AW) 192 (Germany)
  Year 2002 Pp. 18-21. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Archivolta1 29 (Poland)
  Year 2006 Pp. 34-37. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: ARQUITECTES DE BARCELONA (AB) Nº81
  Year 2001 Pag. 08 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: ARQUITHEMAS 11
  Year 2001 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Arte y Cemento 2
  Year 2002 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: AV Monografies 93-94
  Year 2002 Pp. 134-138. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: b-guided 34 «Los vivos y los muertos»
  Year 2008 Pp. 52-53. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Betonart 11 (Turkey)
  Year 2006 Pp. 59-63. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Connaissance del Arts 294 (France)
  Year 2006 Pp. 34-35. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Cosa Mentale 03 (France)
  Año 2010 Pp. 29-31 Project: Leon City Morgue
• Magazine: d'A (d'Architectures) 137 (France)
  Year 2004 Pp. 66-67. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: DAU 18
  Year 2002 Pp. 50-53. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: DETAIL 1 Cubiertas
  Year 2002 Pp. 55 -59. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: DETAIL 7/8 Dächer
  Year 2002 Pp. 940 - 943. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Documenti del Festival dell'ARchitecttura «Nuovi monumenti per l'altra città: la sala del commiato. Esperienze di elaborazione tipologica per larchitettura cimiteriale». Maria Angela Gelati, Luca Boccaci. (Italy)
  Year 2006 Pp. 56. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Emergentes 03
  Year 2003 Pag. 12 - 13 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: EUPALINOS 14. Mesa redonda sobre Normativas Urbanísticas y Arquitectónicas
  Year 2002 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Frame 34 «Design to death» Jennifer Hudson (The Netherlands)
  Year 2003 Pp.120. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Gli spazi della memoria «León e Terrassa: due progetti realizzati in Spagna» (Italy)
  Year 2005 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: HKIA Journal 32 (Hong-Kong Institute of Architects) Entrevista con Jordi Badia.
  Year 2002 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: INTERNACIONAL AR+D 2001 para jóvenes arquitectos.
  Year 2001 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: L'industria delle Costruzioni 388 (Italy)
  Year 2006 Pp. 72-77. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Mais Arquitectura 1 Paisagem: «A contemporaneidade do lugar para dormir» Cristina Neves. (Portuguese)
  Year 2006 Pp. 76-78. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: ON DISEÑO 227
  Year 2001 Pp. 252-263. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Promateriales 9 «Arquitectura de los sentimientos»
  Year 2007 Pp. 64-70. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: Proyecto Contract . Casa Viva 62
  Year 2010 Pp. 34-45. Projects: Municipal funeral services León
• Magazine: QUADERNS D'ARQUITECTURA I URBANISME 229
  Year 2001 Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW (United Kindom)
  Year 2001 Pp. 43-45. Project: León City Morgue
• Magazine: TOP jóvenes arquitectos europeos
  Year 2005 Project: León City Morgue
• Newspaper: La Vanguardia, Culturas 149.
  Year 2005 Project: León City Morgue

Awards

2001

• First prize  AR+d Emerging Architecture. International Award organized by the Architectural Review magazine.
• Consolation V Premios de Arquitectura Julio Galán Carvajal.
• Finalist SALONI Interior Design Awards.