Re(orient)

Michael McDowell
Civic-Sacred: Life, Death, and Liminality

Re(orient) is a space for interring, remembering and departing the dead. The project re-imagines the natural burial process within an urban context in order to resolve environmental and logistical issues associated with other disposition methods. It addresses a broader need for non-sectarian sanctuary spaces while also presenting an acceptance of death as a natural process. In creating clearings within a dense three-dimensional field condition, Re-orient composes moments of both spatial orientation and uncertainty. These spaces shape varying degrees of human intimacy and connection.