从阿姆斯特丹经过30分钟风景优美的骑行，便到达了位于Ouderberk aan de Amstel小镇中心的Beth Haim，这里是世界上最古老的犹太公墓之一。在这里，你可以找到超过28000座阿姆斯特丹葡萄牙犹太社区成员的坟墓，其中最古老的可追溯到17世纪，新的墓地则依然在不断增加。借此，Beth Haim，即希伯来语中的“生命之屋”，在这片四公顷的土地上覆盖了超过四个世纪的犹太历史。

At a 30 min beautiful bike ride away from Amsterdam, in the centre of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, is Beth Haim, one of the oldest Sephardic cemeteries in the world. Here you can find the graves of more than 28.000 members of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam. While the oldest graves date from the 17th century, new ones are still added today. In this way, Beth Haim – Hebrew for ‘House of Life’ – spans more than four centuries of Jewish history on four hectares of ground.

▼入口凉亭和公墓外观，external view of the entrance pavilion and the cemetery ©Thijs Wolzak

Kossmanndejong, together with Loerakker Olsson Architects, has made most of the plans that make this special cemetery more accessible to the public. Paths have been mowed through the downy landscape and new benches have been placed at beautiful resting spots. Stairs and bridges make the formerly cut-off parts of the historic cemetery more accessible. A free to download app developed by Studio YiPP brings to life the stories about the most crucial tombs.

▼总平面图，site plan ©Thijs Wolzak

一座入口凉亭将所有区域连接在了一起。凉亭中，室外、室内、建筑和展览设计融为一体，其颜色和材料呼应了周边的历史环境，并且通过圆角和碎石设计赋予了项目一种当代的诠释。圆形还象征了生与死的循环。建筑的外立面包含一幅由大理石磨制而成的地形图。外结构中的空余空间可以满足人们的不同需求，包括休息、仪式性净手、获取犹太圆帽等等。

An entrance pavilion ties all the ends of the story together. For this pavilion, exterior, interior, architecture, and exhibition design are intertwined. The pavilion relates in colour and material to the historical environment but gives it a contemporary interpretation through the rounded corners and the broken masonry. The circular shape also symbolises the continuity of life and death. A large relief map, milled from marble, has been included in the outer façade. Spaces have been spared from the outer structure to rest, ritually wash hands or to take a kippah.

▼凉亭外观，external view of the pavilion ©Thijs Wolzak

▼立面上设置由大理石制成的地形图，marble relief map on the facade ©Thijs Wolzak