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Human Composting - Composting Your Love Ones

Yat Shun, Aaron Yeung

This project explores a new way of burial - Human composting, which is able to turn a human body into soil within 30 days. The project discusses how the role of an architect affects this new program and the different possibilities for its typology. The concept reflects the quote "Death is not the end", the program and design explore the redefine the relationship between humans and nature. The design is heavily inspired by the cathedral concept and mixed with natural elements with sustainable construction methods.

Final work

Gardening Space - Human Composting

Gardening Space

Collective Central Space - Human Composting

Collective Central Space

Funeral Ceremony Hall - Human Composting

Funeral Ceremony Hall

Human Composting Space

Human Composting Space

Research and process

Human Composting
Layered diagram of structure

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Human Composting - Composting Your Love Ones

This project explores a new way of burial - Human composting, which is able to turn a human body into soil within 30 days. The project discusses how the role of an architect affects this new program and the different possibilities for its typology. The concept reflects the quo...

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