Alison Killing: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead
אליסון קילינג: מה קורה כשלעיר נגמר המקום למתים שלה
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but potentially lucrative
has outperformed the UK property market
עלה על שוק הנדל"ן באנגליה
with plots for sale to investors,
עם חלקות למכירה למשקיעים,
about 40 percent growth.
is a market with continuous demand.
שוק עם דרישה מתמשכת.
that really are offering this investment,
to death and dying
and the buildings within them.
והבניינים בתוכן.
I did my first exhibition
uncomfortable to talk about,
to be quite playful,
literally engage with it.
was an interactive map of London
מפה אינטראקטיבית של לונדון
of the real estate in the city
the building or the cemetery --
הבניין או בית הקברות --
death and burial are things
important parts of our cities.
של הערים שלנו.
die in the UK each year,
באנגליה כל שנה,
will want to be buried.
Western European countries,
כמו להרבה מדינות מערב ארופאיות,
has been aware of this for a while,
מודעות לזה במשך זמן מה,
cemeteries are almost full.
are considered to be occupied forever,
נחשבים למאוכלסים לתמיד,
people want to use that same land
אנשים רוצים להשתמש באותה אדמה
reuse those graves after 50 years.
להשתמש מחדש בקברים האלה אחרי 50 שנה.
like, four deep,
כאילו, ארבע לעומק.
in the same plot,
קבורים באותה חלקה,
of the land that way,
טוב יותר של האדמה באותה דרך,
will still have space to bury people
עדיין יהיה מקום לקבור אנשים
haven't been taken care of
there's no legal obligation
to provide burial space.
by private and religious organizations,
ארגונים פרטיים ודתיים,
been a for-profit group
the small size of a burial plot
על הגודל הקטן של חלקת הקבורה
serious money to be made.
and start your own cemetery,
ולפתוח בית קברות משלכם,
and a load of fields next to it,
a caravan park,
of making a cemetery
the value of their land
to over one million pounds.
of making profit from cemeteries,
של להרוויח מבתי קברות,
of those burial plots
של חלקות הקבורה האלה
you need to maintain the burial plot --
שאתם צריכים לתחזק חלקת קבורה --
for the next 50 years.
במשך 50 השנים הבאות.
to make money from cemeteries.
they're run by the council
הם מופעלים על ידי המועצה
these people permission,
המועצה נתנה אישור לאנשים האלה,
to build their cemetery.
kind of how this works:
for planning permission first.
office building for a client
בניין משרדים חדש ללקוח
and I want to convert it into an office,
ואני רוצה להמיר אותה למשרד.
to the council for permission.
how it fits in the surroundings.
like what impact is it going to have
כמו איזה השפעה יהיה לזה
that I've built?
like shops to the neighborhood
כמו חניויות לשכונות
and the disadvantages
to build a large cemetery.
לבנות בית קברות גדול.
a few people, like five or six?
כמו חמישה או שישה?
permission from anyone!
אני לא צריכה אישור מאף אחד!
in the UK around burial,
שקשורה לקבורה,
is about not polluting water courses,
and make your own mini-cemetery,
ולפתוח מיני בית קברות משלכם,
who does this? Right?
באמת, מי עושה את זה? נכון?
and you have a large estate,
ויש לכם אחוזה גדולה,
have a mausoleum on it,
a piece of land of a certain size
פיסת אדמה בגודל מסויים
to start burying people on it.
of your house in the suburbs.
של הבית שלכם בפרוורים.
to try this yourself at home?
לנסות את זה בעצמכם בבית?
that have guidance on their website
of burial before you can go ahead --
לפני שאתם ממשיכים --
and put them under the patio.
ולשים אותם מתחת לפטיו.
a record of where the grave is.
לתעד את מיקום הקבר.
for formal requirements.
your neighbors might not like this,
אולי לא יאהבו את זה,
nothing that they can do about it.
שהם יכולים לעשות בנושא.
still had that profit idea in your mind
עדיין יש את רעיון הרווח
you might be able to make,
the value of your house
יגרום לערך הבית שלכם
your house at all after that.
את הבית שלכם אחרי כל זה.
many of our attitudes towards death.
הרבה מהגישות שלנו כלפי המוות.
across Europe are probably similar,
ברחבי אירופה הם כנראה דומים,
have ever talked to anyone
אי פעם דיברו עם מישהו
have ever talked about this.
people give ... you know,
to make people uncomfortable
who are taking care of things for us.
and bureaucracy around things
working lives to this issue.
death fits in our cities,
and design and thought
are thinking about it --
שחושבים על זה --
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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