Alison Killing: There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
Alison Killing: Umírání může být lepší – a pomůže nám architektura
An architect and urban designer, Alison Killing uses journalism, filmmaking and exhibitions to help people better understand the built environment. Full bio
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about death and architecture.
o smrti a architektuře.
of infectious diseases like pneumonia,
nemoce jako například zápal plic.
would take us away quite quickly.
smrt nastala rychle.
in our own beds, looked after by family,
starala se o nás rodina,
lacked access to medical care.
lékařské péči.
se plno věcí změnilo.
a lot of things changed.
those infectious diseases.
like x-ray machines were invented.
jako třeba rentgen.
so big and expensive,
buildings to keep them in,
naše moderní nemocnice.
universal healthcare systems
všeobecný systém zdravotní péče,
treatment could get it.
kdokoli ji potřeboval.
from about 45 at the start of the century
se prodloužila z 45 let na začátku století
optimism about what science could offer,
co všechno může věda nabídnout,
death was forgotten,
dramaticky změnil.
changed dramatically.
I've been looking at these changes
tyto změny,
spojenou se smrtí a umíráním.
related to death and dying.
of cancer and heart disease,
will have a long period of chronic illness
čeká dlouhá nemoc
in hospitals and hospices and care homes.
hospicech a pečovatelských domech.
v moderní nemocnici.
and the endless corridors
nekonečné chodby
has earned its bad reputation.
si získala nechvalnou pověst.
it wasn't always like this.
že tomu tak nebylo vždy.
built in 1419 by Brunelleschi,
postavená v 1419 Brunelleschim,
and influential architects of his time.
nejvlivnějších architektů své doby.
and then think about hospitals today,
a pak si představím nemocnice dnes,
this building's ambition.
have daylight and fresh air,
and they have high ceilings,
a mají vysoké stropy,
more comfortable to be in.
that that's even possible for a hospital.
i pro nemocnice.
for dying, then we have to talk about it,
pro umírající, pak o tom musíme mluvit,
of death uncomfortable,
nám nepříjemné,
as a society approach death.
přistupujeme ke smrti.
most in my research, though,
překvapily nejvíc je,
v 70. letech 18. století.
there were protests in the local village.
místní proti tomu protestovali.
a 99,8 % lidí bylo pohřbíváno do země.
and 99.8 percent of people got buried.
three quarters of us get cremated.
tři čtvrtiny lidí jsou zpopelněny.
to changing things
to talk about them.
o nich mluvit.
about death and architecture
a architektuře
when I did my first exhibition on it
nazvanou "Smrt v Benátkách".
which was called "Death in Venice."
aby to bylo hravé,
literally engage with it.
which is an interactive map of London
interaktivní mapa Londýna,
of the real estate in the city
the building or cemetery, is revealed.
budovy nebo hřbitova.
was a series of postcards
sada pohlednic,
and hospitals
a nemocnice
of the different spaces
on either side of death.
that where we die
that visitors reacted to the exhibition,
byl způsob, jakým lidé reagovali,
and running and jumping
skákali,
the exhibits in different ways,
spustit exponáty
they would kind of stop
an exhibition about death,
o smrti,
how you're supposed to act.
pro tato místa.
whether there is one way
zda existuje správný způsob
about what you think a good death is,
dobrá smrt,
that supports a good death might be like,
podporující dobrou smrt.
and a little more like this?
a více jako tato?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alison Killing - ArchitectAn architect and urban designer, Alison Killing uses journalism, filmmaking and exhibitions to help people better understand the built environment.
Why you should listen
Alison Killing is an architect and urban designer working to engage people with their built environment, via design of buildings and urban strategies, film making, exhibitions and events. She explores the relationship between death and modern architecture, looking at how cities are rebuilt after disaster.
Recent projects include Death in the City (and its first iteration, Death in Venice, which was shown as an independent event during the opening week of the Venice Architecture Biennale), a touring exhibition about death and modern architecture; work with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on better rebuilding after disaster and how to integrate relevant urban design tools into humanitarian response; and a study of financial models for arts and community projects temporarily using vacant buildings to help these projects become self-sustaining.
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