The design was created as part of an architectural competition finished in 2017. The task was to design a columbarium of 2,000 niches in the center of the municipal cemetery in Radom. The necropolis was established in 1957, and with an area of more than 30ha it constitutes one of the largest in the country.

The burial plan (2,000 niches) has been divided into smaller chambers that create intimate spaces, supporting focus and finding your loved one's resting place. The chambers were designed as sandstone cladded blocks of varying heights arranged around a central focal point - the ecumenical square. The tallest on them is formed by the existing pre-burial house, with a wall-enclosed courtyard. The central square is located on the site of the unrealized chapel - on the main axis of the cemetery. This intimate space, closed off by columbarium blocks, may become a place for future funeral rites and an ecumenical gathering space for the entire cemetery. Greenery plays an important role here, designed in the form of edged fields planted with creeping shrubs. Fifty Scots pines, a tree that grows in the neighboring woods, have also been planted..

Local character is evident in almost every element of the completed building: the sandstone, the floor slabs and, above all, the work and effort of local stonemasons and craftsmen, whose contribution was of great importance to the overall project. Main wall of the square and the future place of gathering bears a verse from the Eighth Trene of Jan Kochanowski, the greatest Polish poet of the Renaissance, who lived in Czarnolas, 50 km away.

The columbarium is a very special kind of a collective place. We hope that the design convey respect for the departed and the proposed solutions introduce proper standards related to cremation and placing urns in columbaria. In the face of aging population, this method of burial will surely become increasingly desirable. Local residents appreciate the order and harmony created by the columbarium in place of a previously neglected site. Inquirers at the cemetery note that the local sandstone, commonly used in many city buildings, gives the columbarium a warm and welcoming appearance.

In addition to the burials, the reorganized columbarium has created a variety of public spaces. The central square enclosed by columbarium blocks serves as the site for funeral rites and as the ecumenical gathering space for the entire cemetery. The columbarium will hold 6,000 urns in niches, occupying an area five times smaller than that of graves. Many residents are interested in columbarium burial, with dozens of niches already filled. The community has enthusiastically welcomed the renovated facility, and we hope that the complex will temporarily eliminate the problem of expanding necropolis.