Temple Factory Urban Monument

The Temple Factory produces collective memories for the city. Located in Melbourne’s City Square, it is a multilevel, underground building that combines spiritual and monumental aspects of death with the material and medical realities of life. It links to the city’s cathedral, public space and urban lane-ways through interior and exterior space.

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In fact, Temple factory would be the replacement of the future Mel­bourne graveyards, where the factory will take the human body after their death and recycle them both physically and spiritually. Temple factory as a title refers to a new typology of the urban development which takes place somewhere between industry and religious building typology or the combination of both! 

The project was part of the Future Factory upper pool studio in RMIT University, which explored architectural and urban design possibilities for future manufacturing in the city. This project proposed an industry around recycling dead bodies, religious ceremonies and manufacturing memory as the final product. Building offers new public activities linked to existing urban programs in Melbourne, to propose innovative building types for future manufacturing, research or commercial buildings.

Temple Factory Model

Temple Factory Model Creamation Tower

Temple Factory Creamation

Temple Factory Tower

Temple Factory Corridors

Temple Factory Smoke Tower

Temple Factory Urban Monument 2

Temple Factory Urban Monument

Temple Factory Public Balconies

Model View

Public Balconies Closer View

Public Balconies Closer View

Temple Factory Site Plan

Temple Factory Plans

Temple Factory Render Model

Temple Factory Render Section

Temple Factory Sectional Diagram

Sketch-Factory Tower

Sketch-Factory Tower

Sketch-Factory

Sketch-Monumental Factory

Sketch-Urban Monument 2

Costume Factory Labors

Project Facts

Project title:Temple Factory

Student:Hesameddin Mohamed, Bahman Andalib

University:RMIT University

Location:Melbourne

Degree:Master Of Architecture

Advisor:Gretchen Wilkins and Ian Nazareth