DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODIES ARE TEMPLES
AHMEDABAD, INDIA
GPS:
49°28'27.9"N 0°07'37.1"ETypology:
Mortuary temple
Year: 2025
Type: Personal
Year: 2025
Type: Personal
Can’t we make more use of our bodies after cognitive death?
You are a hypocrite for speaking of sustainability when you let your own body decay at the hands of our planet.
How could you be so selfish?
Our own mortal flesh, so intricate in its creation, its existence hinging upon your cognitive life.
Yet you decide to waste this, abolished to a place of desecration.
Where is your heart now? “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit”- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Hinging on the precipice of life and death lies the human composter: a temple of regenerative departure for those who wish to participate. The first of its kind is situated in Ahmedabad India, the most populous city in the extremely densely populated province of X.Ahmedabad becomes a testing ground for a new form of temple with the gopuram (gate) acting as a threshold between the ordinary world and the sacred.
You are a hypocrite for speaking of sustainability when you let your own body decay at the hands of our planet.
How could you be so selfish?
Our own mortal flesh, so intricate in its creation, its existence hinging upon your cognitive life.
Yet you decide to waste this, abolished to a place of desecration.
Where is your heart now? “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit”- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Hinging on the precipice of life and death lies the human composter: a temple of regenerative departure for those who wish to participate. The first of its kind is situated in Ahmedabad India, the most populous city in the extremely densely populated province of X.Ahmedabad becomes a testing ground for a new form of temple with the gopuram (gate) acting as a threshold between the ordinary world and the sacred.
The vessels are processed through a conveyor system, first entering a mass kiln. Parts such as the femurs and x get preserved within the flesh. The resulting ash is combined with cement and water to form an organic ashcrete. According to structural studies done through material testing, an ideal mixture correlates to 25% ash, 40% cement, and 35% water. X is added as a further binding agent.
<Render: A person being placed into the kiln of the human composter>
This stratavision amalgamation of corpses create an atmosphere of spiritual meaning for those who wish to see it. As you pass through the temple
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