THESIS PROJECT

BiOasis is a bio crematorium, which celebrates life after death by introducing water cremation to the UK. It is an adaptive reuse of a derelict botanical garden in Glasgow which restores its original use as an indoor garden and houses the addition of a bio crematorium. The crematorium celebrates death with a special ceremony – similar to scattering ashes. After the cremation, the family can plant a personalised bulb (filled with amongst the plants in the sanctuary –  cycling life back into the earth. The sanctuary reinvents the graveyard, brass bulbs replace headstones and plants replace graves creating a much more pleasant place to pay your respects.