Platt Byard Dovell White - Green-Wood Columbarium

Platt Byard Dovell White
Green-Wood Columbarium
Brooklyn, NY

Three free-standing pavilions, a memorial obelisk, and a perimeter of garden urn walls.

Photo: Jonathan Wallen

Following the form of an existing hemicycle of urn burials and integrated with the circulation between Green-Wood’s great Gate and its renovated Chapel, the new Tranquility Garden Columbarium expands the inventory of commemorative structures in Green-Wood’s extraordinary landscape, making possible a new experience of space, light, water and flowers by its pools, fountain and under its wood-framed pergolas.

Photo: Jonathan Wallen

Consisting of three free-standing pavilions, a memorial obelisk, and a perimeter of garden urn walls, the new Columbarium provides over six thousand interior and over three thousand exterior urn spaces, assuring Green-Wood's continued ability to serve as a place of mourning and rest for thousands of additional families.

Photo: Jonathan Wallen

Like Green-Wood’s Hillside Mausoleum, its Tranquility Garden explores the columbarium as a building type, fitting niches into an arc of pavilions focused on a glass obelisk and a reflecting pool.

Photo: Jonathan Wallen

Sited between Richard Upjohn’s great gate and Warren and Wetmore’s chapel, the addition completes the astonishing slope of obelisks and tombs opposite the cemetery entry, uplifts some neighboring 1950s buildings, and reanchors a great American landscape experience.

Drawing courtesy Platt Byard Dovell White
Site Plan

Drawing courtesy Platt Byard Dovell White
Section

Total area: 4,600 square feet
Completed: 2006

Owner: The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Architects: Platt Byard Dovell White
Charles A. Platt, FAIA
Paul S. Byard, FAIA
Ray H. Dovell, AIA
Samuel G. White, FAIA
Project Manager: David C. Grider, AIA
Project Architects:
Matthew Mueller, AIA
Anne Holford-Smith, AIA,
Sandra Suarez
Michael Tan
Landscape Architect: Quennell Rothschild & Partners
MEP Engineer: Norfast Consulting Group
Structural Engineer: Anastos Engineering Associates
Lighting Designer: Thompson + Sears

March 26, 2007





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		Platt Byard Dovell White Green-Wood Columbarium Brooklyn, NY Three free-standing pavilions, a memorial obelisk, and a perimeter of garden urn walls. Photo: Jonathan Wallen Following the form of an existing hemicycle of urn burials and integrated with the circulation between Green-Wood’s great Gate and its renovated Chapel, the new Tranquility Garden Columbarium expands the inventory of commemorative structures in Green-Wood’s extraordinary landscape, making possible a new experience of space, light, water and flowers by its pools, fountain and under its wood-framed pergolas. Photo: Jonathan Wallen Photo: Jonathan Wallen Consisting of three free-standing pavilions, a memorial obelisk, and a perimeter of garden urn walls, the new Columbarium provides over six thousand interior and over three thousand exterior urn spaces, assuring Green-Wood's continued ability to serve as a place of mourning and rest for thousands of additional families. Photo: Jonathan Wallen Photo: Jonathan Wallen Like Green-Wood’s Hillside Mausoleum, its Tranquility Garden explores the columbarium as a building type, fitting niches into an arc of pavilions focused on a glass obelisk and a reflecting pool. Photo: Jonathan Wallen Photo: Jonathan Wallen Photo: Jonathan Wallen Sited between Richard Upjohn’s great gate and Warren and Wetmore’s chapel, the addition completes the astonishing slope of obelisks and tombs opposite the cemetery entry, uplifts some neighboring 1950s buildings, and reanchors a great American landscape experience. Drawing courtesy Platt Byard Dovell White Site Plan Drawing courtesy Platt Byard Dovell White Section Total area: 4,600 square feet Completed: 2006 Owner: The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York Architects: Platt Byard Dovell White Charles A. Platt, FAIA Paul S. Byard, FAIA Ray H. Dovell, AIA Samuel G. White, FAIA Project Manager: David C. Grider, AIA Project Architects: Matthew Mueller, AIA Anne Holford-Smith, AIA, Sandra Suarez Michael Tan Landscape Architect: Quennell Rothschild & Partners MEP Engineer: Norfast Consulting Group Structural Engineer: Anastos Engineering Associates Lighting Designer: Thompson + Sears March 26, 2007