Location
Lübeck, DE
Die Eiche
The historic granary „Die Eiche“ in Lübeck, built in 1873 by Senator Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann, the father of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, is located on Lübeck's old town island at the Hansa harbour. It is the Mann family's last remaining granary. The fully listed building, which was once used to store grain, is now used as a columbarium, an „indoor burial place“.
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Location
Lübeck, DE
Total area
1.400 m2
Service phases
1 – 9
Photography
Jörg Schwarze, joergschwarze.de
Opening
2024
Collaboration with depth
Creating a place of reflection. In the midst of the dead - with space for conversations and thoughts. We have dedicated ourselves to this task in the architecture and interior design of the columbarium in the old granary „Die Eiche“, where a total of around 3,400 urns can be placed and the deceased can be commemorated in a dignified setting. We developed the concept for this special place and designed rooms and furniture that fulfil this wish and build a respectful bridge between history and modernity.
Architectural design that moves the heart
Built in 1873 as a granary and used for many years, the typical Hanseatic clinker brick building of the columbarium blends into the edge of Lübeck's old town. We are renovating this architectural treasure from the ground up across its seven storeys, without losing sight of its true core. For the interior design, we also looked deep inside ourselves. We respectfully integrated numerous historical elements such as floorboards spanning several storeys into the new building. The result is a memorial with soul that honours the character of the past.
The inside turned inside out
In addition to the extensive architectural refurbishment of the historic building fabric, the design concepts for the various rooms and furniture were also created by atelier 522. The central hall for funeral services is visually characterised by a finely balanced dialogue between the massive beam architecture and a light installation by artist Madlaina Lys. Thousands of unglazed porcelain tiles create a fragile and gentle lighting atmosphere.
Stand still
Whether clad in high-quality wood or silver-plated, hand-blown glass - the design of the urn chambers of different sizes gives the relatives of the deceased gentle space for the external integration of personal items. Islands of remembrance, integrated into a historical site that has undergone a transformation from a granary to a memory store and has found a new meaningful purpose.
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