TWITMADANG, THE GARDEN BEYOND / 10 of 13

A Garden Beyond the Homely, Before The Unhomely

Each Arcade is divided by a platform and each is refurbished as a  Twitmadang - the Rear Garden. Though this space is undeniably more unhomely than not, being between the Threshold Wall and the Memorial Tower, it offers a place of respite, and a reminder of natural life in the midst of the city and in the midst of bereavement.

A Garden Between The City &; The Mountain

In addition to the glass memorial and promains, the bereaved recieve a Mugunghwa shrub at the Retrieval Garden. These are cultivated in two nurseries below the garden level and prepared for recieval in the  Mugunghwa Preparation Hall which is linked directly to both nurseries and the Retrieval Garden.

The Retreival Garden is the first truly open space on the path from city to mountain. Though sheltered by the Mugunghwa Preparation Hall, the path behind it and the trees within, it acts as a moment of fresh air. Here is a place of  timber, tree and grass, rather than the predominant concrete of the Arcade and the city beyond.

PROGRAMATIC ISOMETRIC / Receiving A Temporary Memorial / Mugunghwa
1 Mugunghwa Preparation Hall, 2 Retreival Garden, 3 Mugunghwa Nursery, 4 Path into Memorial Tower, 5 Path from Promain retreival, 6 Path from Threshold Wall