Times
Saturday, 21st September 2019
11:00 am
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Crownhill Crematorium & Cemetery
Area
West
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The lily pond and sanctuary viewed from the waiting area. (Redshift Photography)
Organised by: Adrian Morrow Architects Ltd in collaboration with MK Council Bereavement Services
A guided tour of the award-winning “Oak Chapel” at Crownhill will be led by architect Adrian Morrow. The tour will include the complete interior, comprising not only the waiting area, arrivals area, chapel, wreath court and promenade, but also the administration area and cremator room. The tour will conclude with a walk through the retained woodlands where the SUDS ponds can be seen.
With the expansion of Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Council Environmental Health required a new crematorium to serve the community. A spiritual and tranquil design was proposed comprising austenitic stainless steel clad, cycloid form concrete roof vaults, located over thermally separated split concrete columns. This approach was inspired by American architect, Louis Kahn’s Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
The new building comprises a waiting area, a porte cochère, a chapel with a circular sanctuary, catafalque and Japanese garden, a cremator room for two new cremators with mercury abatement, a staff accommodation, wreath court, and a promenade with a rill. Sustainability has been a prime consideration. Many of the building materials selected are Green Guide A rated. The principal spaces will be naturally ventilated by means of Windcatchers. Heat energy is recovered from the plant to heat the building. Additional free winter heating and summer cooling is provided by means of ground source heat pumps. The existing grounds have been developed into a wildlife garden with SUD’s ponds.
Client: Milton Keynes Council Environmental Health
Architects: Stages A-F: Adrian Morrow, in collaboration with Toby Maloy, Paul Hutchinson and Louisa Wan. Architecture MK.
Architects: Stages G-J: Adrian Morrow with Louisa Wan & Nick Brown. MKC Environmental Health Architecture Team.
Architects: Stages K-L: Robert Potter and Partners
Quantity Surveyor: Pick Everard
Building Services Engineer: Cain Group Ltd
Structural Engineer: Price + Myers
Acoustic Consultant: Cass Allen Associates
SUD’s Consultant: RPS
Ecologist: Aspect Ecology Ltd
Landscape Architect: MKC Landscape Architects.
Glass Artist: Julian Stocks
Booking: Pre-booking is required via the Eventbrite website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-tour-of-the-oak-chapel-crownhill-crematorium-tickets-62347542177
Location: The Oak Chapel is located to the East of the site Please meet under the cycloid shaped roof of the porte cochère, just in front of the waiting room. This is directly accessible from the car park.
Access: Full wheelchair access. The woodland walk was designed for wheelchair access..
On-site disabled parking. On-site accessible toilets. Assistance dogs welcome . Pushchair/pram friendly.
Contact: Adrian Morrow. email adrianjmorrow@btinternet.com.tel 07956 510818
Websites: http://morrowarchitects.com/crematorium/ and www.blurb.co.uk/b/7538034-the-oak-chapel-dustjacket-version
