![Tan Mausoleum](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tan-Mausoleum-by-CAZA-03-876x951.jpg)
The design for this space of contemplation centers on the possibility that materials can be alive. We have treated architectural matter in a way that makes the building appear vulnerable.
![Tan Mausoleum](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tan-Mausoleum-by-CAZA-01-876x493.jpg)
The glass is treated with a cloudy substrate that fades from solid to liquid while the stone ceiling cracks lending an experience of strange weakness to the monolith that floats above.
![Tan Mausoleum](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tan-Mausoleum-by-CAZA-02-876x493.jpg)
The glass box enclosure is lifted from the ground and accessed through a broken stone.
![Tan Mausoleum](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tan-Mausoleum-by-CAZA-04-876x714.jpg)
The revelation of what lies within overturns assumptions of how materials should react. The physicality of things is turned into something both real and mystical. Source by CAZA.
![Tan Mausoleum](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tan-Mausoleum-by-CAZA-05-876x358.jpg)
- Location: Manila, Philippines
- Architect: CAZA
- Project Team: Carlos Arnaiz, Jin Yuan, Alden Ching
- Year: 2018
- Images: Courtesy of CAZA