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Along a circulating band around the mausoleum, placed resonating divots that correspond to the echoes of the mausoleum, subtracted by an ellipsoid for it encapsulate aural and visual senses of the visitor on different elevations.A semi basement pathway was placed beneath the surface, reenacting the sense of being buried, sounds of the past, and the coal mining history of the region.



The design elongates the mausoleum by bringing its resonating interior spaces into the outdoors and creates a recreational setting to the former funerary. The encircling pathway gives visitors a different perspective towards the mausoleum, from above as the living and from beneath as the deceased. Both spaces tether at the resonating divots that connect the spaces through distorted audio and visuals.

These divots connect both levels visually and audibly to symbolize the inseparability of the past and the present. The level above reflects distorted visual triggers through the reflective concave planes on the surface of the divots, received by the level beneath. The lower level transmit aural triggers through wind generated instruments along a pipe that penetrates through the upper level, signaling the presence of the sunken grounds to the surface.





Alexander Hamilton made the mausoleum possible and the departure of his remains made way for the living to use and appreciate the legacy of the town. In honor of the rich history of the buildings and the events that it has been through, the design is a way to resonate and to communicate messages from the past to the present. Waves of resonance from the mausoleum projected throughout the buildings to show the subtle presence of sounds that connect the spaces together. The hopes and dreams of rebirth of Hamilton reimagined by readapting the mausoleum as an interpretation center that can shift itself for future functions to come.