Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium

Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium

Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium

Located at the eastern end of the 2.4h Hope Gardens of the World, the crematorium at provides a centrepiece for the site’s Remembrance Garden developed in 2012.

Positioned alongside the site’s lake, the complex provides a chapel, crematorium, memorial room, and memorial courtyard. Key elements are centred on the surrounding Remembrance Garden, and visually linked with the body of flowing water.

A courtyard between allows views, daylight and sunlight, while allowing for privacy to be maintained. The space also enables expansion of the chapel capacity, and for external services to take place.

 

 

 

Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium

A feeling of solidity and permanence is created through the use of stone cladding for the exterior and interior finishes.

Material selections have a timeless, natural quality, with basalt paving, marble cladding, and Jarrah posts carved by artist Robin Slow.

Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium

The carefully proportioned chapel forms the centrepiece of this complex in both a physical and spiritual sense. The casket itself can be mechanically moved to the crematory, positioned immediately behind.

Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium
Hope Garden of Remembrance Crematorium

Client: Marsden House Partnership

Location: Hope, Nelson-Tasman

Status: Completed 2012

Awards: NZIA Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards, Winner – Commercial Architecture, 2013