Juan Isaza

Colombian designer Juan Isaza has made an

immortal contribution to the “industry of
death ”with his new perspective on cemeteries.
The Bogota lighting designer
won first prize in Design for Death Architecture
in Texas, United States, with its Sky Light
design. Sky Light consists of placing the ashes in
illuminated urns, which hang from family trees
and challenge the idea that
Cemeteries should be shady and dark places.

His project seeks to erase the old

formula that death is a mystery, an
unfathomable darkness. Sky Light; His
proposal is entitled and it is, basically, a
complex of four lighting pavilions
where water, nature and light play to
turn the notion of the cemetery into a
place of reunion; a bright space.

The mortal remains are inserted into a sealed urn that

is then assembled inside another urn illuminated by
led technology, where the energy consumption, of
course, is minimal and of high durability. 'The bulbs'
are organized by family trees or can be hung from the
ceiling, in constellations. Each one bears the name of
the deceased and can be easily repositioned to sit
alongside friends or other family members.

Mariana Alvarez Restrepo