Traditional death rituals have become unsustainable in Hong Kong, where space is scarce. Grey Grierson’s project constructs a funerary system that forms additional space for local residents rather than subtracting it.
Grey Grierson
University College London
Bartlett School of Architecture
Working landscape. © Grey Grierson.
Jury
Harbinder Birdi Suzanne Ewing
Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes
David Gloster (Chair)
Henriette Helstrup
“Negotiation of States” proposes a crematorium and columbarium within Hong Kong that is formed from a new funerary system. The system responds to the lack of space to house the dead within the city, manipulating existing digital technologies and land reclamation methodologies to formulate a new form of ancestral experience. Each death contributes to the landscape that emerges from a sunken void toward the horizon.
Filling the void. © Grey Grierson.
Reconstructing the matter. © Grey Grierson.
Descending below the horizon. © Grey Grierson.
Transition of states. © Grey Grierson.
Grey Grierson
University College London
Bartlett School of Architecture
grew up in Devon and moved to London to study architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL). His third-year project, “Negotiation of States,” was awarded the UCL Faculty Medal and Prize for the 2017–18 academic year. The work was also chosen to be nominated for the RIBA Bronze Medal and the AJ Student Prize. Currently employed as a Part I Architectural Assistant at Foster + Partners, Grierson hopes to gain further practical experience before continuing to pursue his Part 2 study. In the future he aspires to both teach and practice architecture.
