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Lord of the Three Worlds
Hejdová, Dominika ; Hejdová, Milada (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
One of the last taboos in our society, death. Perhaps the reason we overlook it is precisely the certainty of our future encounter with it. Even though we, as a modern society, are in contact with death every day. An encounter with the real end of life is unknown to us. This is evidenced by the alarming decline in funeral ceremonies. As for the Czech Republic, we lead the world in the number of people buried without a ceremony. Yet, in many states, this type of burial is unknown. The thesis responds to this current situation and presents a conceptual vision for the city of Bruntál on how it could approach death, the farewell process, and the reintroduction of death rituals into life in the future. It builds upon a pre-diploma project that dealt with the history of death, mourning processes, and remembrance. The proposal responds to the current situation in Bruntál and the problem of the absence of a funeral hall.
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A House – A Chronicle
Volf, Anna ; Koryčánek, Rostislav (referee) ; Resslová, Veronika (advisor)
Diploma project “Chronicle House” is representing the creation of fictional historiographical interpretation of “the spirit of the place”. Rotunda is the columbarium The existence of object inside of the object, in this context, automatically creates a feeling of layeringness. The columbarium is oval shaped and the base level all the way by the perimeter consists of old windows from the panel houses, which were going through the process of modernization, particularly – change of windows. It serves now as a commemoration space. On the inside of the rotunda has been placed a museum of the ceased houses, where in the columbarium niches are placed models of these houses with the dates of birth and death, as well as with short epiphanies.
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The mourning ceremony Hall Lisen
Kaliariková, Beáta ; Hrabec, Josef (referee) ; Šindlar, Jiljí (advisor) ; Pěnčík, Jan (advisor)
The theme of the project was to design a new mourning hall. The building is extending the cemetery that already exists and is situated on neighbouring plot. The new building is supposed to extend the possibilities and capacities of the cemetery. The plot is delimited by the street Šimáčkova. It is surrounded by groungs and the edge of forest from the other sides. There are no buidlings on the plot. It is green and includes green vegetation. The new building is supposed to offer space where mourning ceremonies and related functions like organisation and preparation of funeral could take place. Apart from the building the project contains also planned extension of cemetery area. The capacity of graves will be increased and extended by columbaria which will be situated around shelter for meditation. The new parking area will be created for visitors of ceremonies and cemetery. The building is situated in a back part of plot. Besides the access pavements also service roads will be created for employees and funeral car. Individual parts will be separated by leaf green so that they will not interrupt each other. My intention in the solution of form was to accentuate the space of the mourning hall. This part of building is higher than other side parts which are meant to be used as service parts.The solution is emphasized by lengthened monolith walls. The building has only one floor and the roof is flat. It is positioned at one level. The ground plan is irregular and created from rectangular shapes.
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Baths +
Helešic, David ; Kopec, Jakub (referee) ; Kristek, Jan (advisor)
In contrast to the feelings and atmosphere associated with spa building stands crematorium as a reminder that our physicality is finite and fleeting life. Just as in spa rituals present moment experience free from the past and the future in the funeral liturgy, on the contrary, human life shrinks to a single point in time short ceremony. Consciousness of the time becomes a measure of the meaningfulness of our decisions, actions and experiences. You can live a meaningful life infinite?
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The mourning ceremony Hall Lisen
Žaludová, Kristýna ; Hrabec, Josef (referee) ; Šindlar, Jiljí (advisor) ; Pěnčík, Jan (advisor)
The new building of the Mourning Hall Lisen is located on a slightly sloping plot in the Brno-Lisen district. The concept of the plot’s layout fluently connects to the operation of the current cemetery. The unbuilt part will serve as the new cemetery with areas for standard burying to the ground, columbaria, a scattering garden, but also areas for non-traditional burying such as Bios Urn (after cremation, the ashes are placed into a special urn with a tree seed, which is put in the ground – the life of the deceased one thus symbolically continues in the plant). The tree motif pervades the whole building: it is present on the foregrounded façade through perforated aluminium panels, and it is used on the rounded wall in the interior entrance hall, on the door decoration and on subtle interior elements. The whole building is designed as a convergence of three masses. The operation part (technical facilities, employees’ facilities and survivors’ facilities) has an L-shaped ground plan and is the lowest mass of the object; the ceremonial hall is comprised of an exceeded block. The catafalque is emphasized by a glass-topped tube in the north-western part of the hall.
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The Development of Funeral Practices in the Context of the Evolution of Ideological framework of the Czechoslovak(Hussite) Church.
Ferčík, Richard ; Vogel, Jiří (advisor) ; Procházka, Pavel (referee) ; Skoblík, Jiří (referee)
10 Abstract The Development of Funeral Practices in the Context of the Evolution of Ideological framework of the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church. Author: Mgr. Richard Ferčík Our work resulted in finding that since the very beginning of its existence, the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church approached the question of funeral rituals as a practical, pastoral question, not academic and theoretical. The Czechoslovak Church became a pioneer and promoter of cremation and operator of the most extensive network of columbaries in Czechoslovakia. The major moment of Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church particulars was the shift from the mechanical-magical concept of funeral in popular Catholicism, by which it tried to confront with a purified and understandable ritual based on the gospel and the desire to enculturate the gospel and translate it into a "live" language. Judging by the theological view of death and funeral, the basis from which it stemmed is quite clear - catholic modernism and liberal democratic thinking. In the first generation of Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church theologians we could observe significant "scholastic" fundament. Theological consideration was never priority in these matters, but the church only dealt with it when solving complex tasks. It was not until the middle of 1940s, when the Copernical Revolution...
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The Development of Funeral Practices in the Context of the Evolution of Ideological framework of the Czechoslovak(Hussite) Church.
Ferčík, Richard ; Vogel, Jiří (advisor)
Anotation This paper is aimed at describing the development of funeral practices of the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church - CČS(H). In order to achieve better understanding of the particulars of the CČS(H) we put it the period and geographical context in which it was formed. This paper explores the period approach the society and the CČS(H) had towards cremation. It is followed by the CČS(H)'s practices and its theological and pastoral fundaments and explores also the theological grounds of the different periods and CČS(H) theologians. We base our scrutiny on the thesis that the CČS(H)'s approach towards funerals was not static and it underwent a certain evolution in terms of perceiving death and functions of funeral rituals as well as in the development of the actual form of funeral rituals, particularly with regards to the theological beliefs of the CČS(H) theologians and theological trends inside the church. We consider these dynamics particularly significant, especially with respect to the usual persistence of these approaches. We believe that this dynamic development was and is inherent to the CČS(H) and it was not directly influenced by actions of other denominations, if only with regards to the persistence of its form and content of its funeral rituals. In our opinion, the CČS(H) is very specific in this...
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The Development of Funeral Practices in the Context of the Evolution of Ideological framework of the Czechoslovak(Hussite) Church.
Ferčík, Richard ; Vogel, Jiří (advisor)
Anotation This paper is aimed at describing the development of funeral practices of the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church - CČS(H). In order to achieve better understanding of the particulars of the CČS(H) we put it the period and geographical context in which it was formed. This paper explores the period approach the society and the CČS(H) had towards cremation. It is followed by the CČS(H)'s practices and its theological and pastoral fundaments and explores also the theological grounds of the different periods and CČS(H) theologians. We base our scrutiny on the thesis that the CČS(H)'s approach towards funerals was not static and it underwent a certain evolution in terms of perceiving death and functions of funeral rituals as well as in the development of the actual form of funeral rituals, particularly with regards to the theological beliefs of the CČS(H) theologians and theological trends inside the church. We consider these dynamics particularly significant, especially with respect to the usual persistence of these approaches. We believe that this dynamic development was and is inherent to the CČS(H) and it was not directly influenced by actions of other denominations, if only with regards to the persistence of its form and content of its funeral rituals. In our opinion, the CČS(H) is very specific in this...
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The Development of Funeral Practices in the Context of the Evolution of Ideological framework of the Czechoslovak(Hussite) Church.
Ferčík, Richard ; Vogel, Jiří (advisor) ; Procházka, Pavel (referee) ; Skoblík, Jiří (referee)
10 Abstract The Development of Funeral Practices in the Context of the Evolution of Ideological framework of the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church. Author: Mgr. Richard Ferčík Our work resulted in finding that since the very beginning of its existence, the Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church approached the question of funeral rituals as a practical, pastoral question, not academic and theoretical. The Czechoslovak Church became a pioneer and promoter of cremation and operator of the most extensive network of columbaries in Czechoslovakia. The major moment of Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church particulars was the shift from the mechanical-magical concept of funeral in popular Catholicism, by which it tried to confront with a purified and understandable ritual based on the gospel and the desire to enculturate the gospel and translate it into a "live" language. Judging by the theological view of death and funeral, the basis from which it stemmed is quite clear - catholic modernism and liberal democratic thinking. In the first generation of Czechoslovak (Hussite) Church theologians we could observe significant "scholastic" fundament. Theological consideration was never priority in these matters, but the church only dealt with it when solving complex tasks. It was not until the middle of 1940s, when the Copernical Revolution...
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The mourning ceremony Hall Lisen
Žaludová, Kristýna ; Hrabec, Josef (referee) ; Šindlar, Jiljí (advisor) ; Pěnčík, Jan (advisor)
The new building of the Mourning Hall Lisen is located on a slightly sloping plot in the Brno-Lisen district. The concept of the plot’s layout fluently connects to the operation of the current cemetery. The unbuilt part will serve as the new cemetery with areas for standard burying to the ground, columbaria, a scattering garden, but also areas for non-traditional burying such as Bios Urn (after cremation, the ashes are placed into a special urn with a tree seed, which is put in the ground – the life of the deceased one thus symbolically continues in the plant). The tree motif pervades the whole building: it is present on the foregrounded façade through perforated aluminium panels, and it is used on the rounded wall in the interior entrance hall, on the door decoration and on subtle interior elements. The whole building is designed as a convergence of three masses. The operation part (technical facilities, employees’ facilities and survivors’ facilities) has an L-shaped ground plan and is the lowest mass of the object; the ceremonial hall is comprised of an exceeded block. The catafalque is emphasized by a glass-topped tube in the north-western part of the hall.
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