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DESIGN FOR DEATH (& LIVING)
Ancunel Steyn
South Africa
Cemeteries used to be our parks and they have the potential to become even
more than that: a place where people of all ages find inspiration for life and
prepare for death, where healing is not a mere suppression of emotion but a
process that engages body, soul and spirit. Storage places for the dead can be
combined with complementary uses to not only save space, but also bring about
emotional and spiritual benefits for visitors. Clustering these landscapes with
other complementary uses and around transport nodes will make them more
accessible and attractive to various users.
The dead are memorialised and their remains stored in beautiful ways and
pleasing settings. Visitors and passersby are presented with a familiar
environment where they can share their feelings, thoughts and uncertainties
about life and death. Suggested activities that can be combined with such
landscapes, and hypothetically explored in the sketch plan, include:
• Early Childhood Development Centres • Therapist consultation rooms
• Transport related facilities • Place for ritual cleansing
• Oratory (small chapel for private worship) • Baptism pool
• Public spaces, including green spaces • Self-service kiosks
• Coffee shops, restaurants and tea houses • Yoga studio
 Ancunel Steyn South Africa Cemeteries used to be our parks and they have the potential to become even more than that: a place where people of all ages find inspiration for life and prepare for death, where healing is not a mere suppression of emotion but a process that engages body, soul and spirit. Storage places for the dead can be combined with complementary uses to not only save space, but also bring about emotional and spiritual benefits for visitors. Clustering these landscapes with other complementary uses and around transport nodes will make them more accessible and attractive to various users. The dead are memorialised and their remains stored in beautiful ways and pleasing settings. Visitors and passersby are presented with a familiar environment where they can share their feelings, thoughts and uncertainties about life and death. Suggested activities that can be combined with such landscapes, and hypothetically explored in the sketch plan, include: • Early Childhood Development Centres • Therapist consultation rooms • Transport related facilities • Place for ritual cleansing • Oratory (small chapel for private worship) • Baptism pool • Public spaces, including green spaces • Self-service kiosks • Coffee shops, restaurants and tea houses • Yoga studio)
DESIGN FOR DEATH (& LIVING)
Ancunel Steyn
South Africa
Cemeteries used to be our parks and they have the potential to become even
more than that: a place where people of all ages find inspiration for life and
prepare for death, where healing is not a mere suppression of emotion but a
process that engages body, soul and spirit. Storage places for the dead can be
combined with complementary uses to not only save space, but also bring about
emotional and spiritual benefits for visitors. Clustering these landscapes with
other complementary uses and around transport nodes will make them more
accessible and attractive to various users.
The dead are memorialised and their remains stored in beautiful ways and
pleasing settings. Visitors and passersby are presented with a familiar
environment where they can share their feelings, thoughts and uncertainties
about life and death. Suggested activities that can be combined with such
landscapes, and hypothetically explored in the sketch plan, include:
• Early Childhood Development Centres • Therapist consultation rooms
• Transport related facilities • Place for ritual cleansing
• Oratory (small chapel for private worship) • Baptism pool
• Public spaces, including green spaces • Self-service kiosks
• Coffee shops, restaurants and tea houses • Yoga studio