Chia Ching Mausoleum

The family mausoleum stands within a large hillside cemetery near the north coast. The Portuguese architect designed it with a longtime collaborator, and it is reached by a gentle path that climbs toward it.

The space is open and wide. A ceiling hangs from columns, and a low dome sits above the centre, where the family gathers to remember their dead. The arrangement holds on to hierarchy and tradition while reading as a contemporary place of respect and memory.

Exposed concrete and stone give the building its weight, while the thin roof edge and open sides turn it toward the landscape and the horizon beyond the valley.