SOOM

The Soom mini mausoleum proposes a shift in the paradigm in the burial culture of Korea. As cremation becomes a growingly accepted format of burial, replacing the traditional coffin burial process to conserve densely populated and scarce land resources in the country, a variety of options have emerged, the most popular among them is a semi-public ossuary. However, coming from a culture that historically reveres private burial territory, these ossuary brings only compromised modern offerings while the alternative solutions of private space demanding high cost. The Soom offers space for two cremated urns in a land smaller than a single coffin burial requires.

designed for MLPark Cemetary, Chulwon, Korea.