10Between Memory and Oblivion: Mourning coursesThe present senior thesis addresses the creation of a refugee cemetery on the island of Lesvos. Placing great emphasis on notions such as memory, loss and mourning, we try to design this peculiar burial ground. Collective memory and private memory are united in a transitional space, where one is being prepared for what is to follow.
14A JOURNEY OF THE DEADThis proposal redefines the concept of a cemetery and tries to marry the concept of a public space with the place where the dead go to rest... It explores the cemetery as an active part of the urban fabric. It allows for the journey of death to take place in a a public space without interrupting the daily activity of a city and vice versa...
1Tree of Life - Ecological Cemetery in ShanghaiThis sustainable system involves placing bodies in vessels containing mixture of wood chips, alfalfa and straw and injecting air into it. In a month the body will be decomposed into a nutrient-dense soil, can be used in dedicated gardens for planting memorial flowers and trees.
6Memory RequiemA memory space consisting of a combination of contrasts and meanings in the cycle of life and death
13The Hills of Shanghailooking at the cemetery as a growing system that is given time to develop and sculpt itself, becoming an iconic part of the urban fabric and an ecological hotspot.
2poetic dwelling Poetic Dwelling provides a resting place for the deceased. The process from ashes to fertilizer is completed in the hourglass-shaped central building, so that the deceased can return to nature and give birth to new life, thus completing the cycle of life. Independent funeral buildings that accommodate different religious beliefs.
5Honorable MentionBack To EarthThe idea of this project is to combine the burial process with the human body compost technology and create a landmark tower to present this process.
5Garden of ghostsYou dont need grave for mourning, you just need to know that somenthing from your close person is somewhere near.Everything in the garden is from deceased people.We can create water and soil from dead bodies. The water flows under the entire park and watering trees,the soil is is used as fertilizer.Humans body returns to to nature.Circle of life is closed.
18Primitive and Remnant of the CycleTo eliminate the horror of the cemetery and to reconnect the departed one into our daily life, I believe that the cemetery can be more than a piece of land for resting the deceased. It can also be a decent and splendid place that situates all around our cities.
