Vila-seca mortuary

Vila-seca (Tarragona), Spain

Drawing © Domingoferre arquitectes

Photo © Jordi Guillumet

Photo © Monica Rossello

Photo © Domingoferre arquitectes

Photo © Jordi Guillumet

Photo © Monica Rossello

Architects: Mamen Domingo | Ernest Ferré Arquitectes

Location: Carrer de la Vila del Comú 10, 43480 Vila-seca (Tarragona), Spain
Year: 2003

The complexity of the site, an industrial environment and the imposing presence of the cemetery with its closure and its centuries-old cypresses, showed the need to design a building that held a special relationship with their environment, which has to serve the purpose of the building. The result is a garden of 2.200m2 where the personal use of the building allowed us to consider the use of an item that once formalized, in our imagination, found close to the user. Architecture contributors: Nacho Granda, Javier Sanz, Sara Romero, Malena Padawer, Elvira Jiménez First prize - V Biennal Alejandro de la Sota