Alison Killing: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead
Cosa succede quando una metropoli esaurisce i posti per i suoi morti: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead
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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but potentially lucrative
ma potenzialmente lucrativa
has outperformed the UK property market
ha superato quello del mercato immobiliare
with plots for sale to investors,
con lotti in vendita per gli investitori
da circa 3.900 sterline.
about 40 percent growth.
del 40 per cento.
is a market with continuous demand.
è un mercato a domanda continua.
that really are offering this investment,
offrendo questo investimento,
è molto diverso.
to death and dying
a tematiche quali morte e morire
and the buildings within them.
e gli edifici all'interno.
I did my first exhibition
ho allestito la mia prima mostra
uncomfortable to talk about,
non vuole nemmeno sentir parlare,
to be quite playful,
per essere gradevole,
literally engage with it.
interagire con il tema.
was an interactive map of London
era una mappa interattiva di Londra
of the real estate in the city
del patrimonio immobiliare in città
the building or the cemetery --
edificio o cimitero --
e cimiteri della città.
death and burial are things
morte e sepoltura sono cose
important parts of our cities.
parti importanti delle nostre città.
die in the UK each year,
muore nel Regno Unito ogni anno,
will want to be buried.
vuole essere sepolto.
Western European countries,
paesi dell'Ovest Europeo,
has been aware of this for a while,
è a conoscenza di questo da qualche tempo,
crescita della popolazione,
cemeteries are almost full.
sono quasi pieni.
are considered to be occupied forever,
siano da considerarsi occupati per sempre,
people want to use that same land
le persone vogliono quella stessa terra
reuse those graves after 50 years.
riutilizzare quei cimiteri dopo 50 anni.
like, four deep,
in the same plot,
possono essere sepolte nello stesso sito
of the land that way,
della terra,
will still have space to bury people
ancora di spazi per la sepoltura
haven't been taken care of
non sono presi in carica
there's no legal obligation
non c'è obbligo legale
to provide burial space.
di fornire spazi di sepoltura.
by private and religious organizations,
da privati e organizzazioni religiose,
been a for-profit group
un gruppo a scopo di lucro
the small size of a burial plot
dimensioni di un sito di sepoltura
serious money to be made.
and start your own cemetery,
il vostro cimitero,
and a load of fields next to it,
con diversi campi accanto,
a caravan park,
un parcheggio per roulotte,
of making a cemetery
di fare un cimitero
the value of their land
il valore della propria terra
to over one million pounds.
ad oltre un milione.
of making profit from cemeteries,
di produrre profitto dai cimiteri,
of those burial plots
di quei lotti di sepoltura
you need to maintain the burial plot --
la cura degli appezzamenti --
for the next 50 years.
per i prossimi 50 anni.
to make money from cemeteries.
fare soldi dai cimiteri.
they're run by the council
sono gestiti dai comuni
these people permission,
concessioni a privati
to build their cemetery.
a costruire i loro cimiteri.
kind of how this works:
come può funzionare:
for planning permission first.
la licenza edilizia.
office building for a client
edificio con uffici per un cliente
and I want to convert it into an office,
e voglio cambiarlo in ufficio
to the council for permission.
per l'autorizzazione.
how it fits in the surroundings.
si inserisce nell'ambiente.
like what impact is it going to have
quale impatto che potrebbe avere
that I've built?
like shops to the neighborhood
come negozi nel quartiere
and the disadvantages
to build a large cemetery.
costruire un grande cimitero.
a few people, like five or six?
poche persone, come cinque o sei?
permission from anyone!
autorizzazioni da nessuno!
in the UK around burial,
nel RU concernenti la sepoltura,
is about not polluting water courses,
il divieto di inquinare corsi d'acqua,
o acque sotterranee.
and make your own mini-cemetery,
il vostro mini-cimitero,
who does this? Right?
chi fa questo? Giusto?
and you have a large estate,
e avete una proprietà molto grande,
have a mausoleum on it,
avrete un mausoleo,
a piece of land of a certain size
un pezzo di terra di certe dimensioni
to start burying people on it.
a seppellirvi persone.
of your house in the suburbs.
della vostra casa in periferia.
to try this yourself at home?
provare questo voi stessi a casa?
that have guidance on their website
che hanno linee guida nel loro sito web
of burial before you can go ahead --
di sepoltura prima di andare avanti --
and put them under the patio.
e metterle sotto il patio.
a record of where the grave is.
un registro cimiteriale.
for formal requirements.
per richieste formali.
your neighbors might not like this,
i vostri vicini potrebberro non gradire,
nothing that they can do about it.
niente che possano fare in merito.
still had that profit idea in your mind
ha ancora quell'idea del profitto in mente
you might be able to make,
the value of your house
il valore della vostra casa
your house at all after that.
la vostra casa.
many of our attitudes towards death.
dei nostri atteggiamenti verso la morte.
across Europe are probably similar,
anche nel resto dell'Europa,
have ever talked to anyone
ha mai parlato con qualcuno
have ever talked about this.
ne ha parlato.
people give ... you know,
sapete
to make people uncomfortable
a disagio
who are taking care of things for us.
che si interessano a questo per noi.
and bureaucracy around things
e la sua burocrazia intorno a cose
working lives to this issue.
a questo problema.
death fits in our cities,
si inserisce,
and design and thought
e progetti e pensieri
are thinking about it --
ci stiano pensando --
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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