Alison Killing: There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
अलीसन किलिंग: मरणाचा चांगला मार्ग त्यासाठी वास्तू विशारदाची मदत
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about death and architecture.
मृत्यू व वास्तुविशारदाची.
of infectious diseases like pneumonia,
न्यूमोनिनीया सारख्या संसर्गजन्य रोगाने.
would take us away quite quickly.
मृत्युस सामोरे जावे लागे.
in our own beds, looked after by family,
अंथरुणात, कुटुंबाने काळजी घेऊनही
lacked access to medical care.
मिळत नसे.
a lot of things changed.
खूपच बदल झाला.
those infectious diseases.
like x-ray machines were invented.
क्ष किरणांचा शोध लागला.
so big and expensive,
buildings to keep them in,
इमारती लागायच्या
universal healthcare systems
आरोग्यकेंद्रे उभारली
treatment could get it.
प्रत्येकास उपचार मिळावा .
from about 45 at the start of the century
45 हून अधिक झाली
optimism about what science could offer,
विज्ञानाच्या कार्याबाबत
death was forgotten,
मृत्यूचा विसर पडला.
changed dramatically.
नाटकीयरित्या बदलला
I've been looking at these changes
related to death and dying.
मृत्यू व जीवनाचा .
of cancer and heart disease,
कर्करोग व हार्ट अँटक यांना.
will have a long period of chronic illness
दीर्घकाळ जुनाट आजाराने ग्रासले जाते.
in hospitals and hospices and care homes.
दवाखान्यात, आरोग्यकेंद्रात
and the endless corridors
has earned its bad reputation.
बरीच बदनामी झालेली आहे .
it wasn't always like this.
पूर्वी असे नव्हते .
built in 1419 by Brunelleschi,
बृनेलेस्की,ने १४१९ मध्ये बांधलेले.
and influential architects of his time.
वास्तुविशारद होता
and then think about hospitals today,
आणि आजच्या दवाखान्यांचा विचार करते
this building's ambition.
have daylight and fresh air,
प्रकाश व हवा मिळे .
and they have high ceilings,
त्यांची छते उंच होत्या .
more comfortable to be in.
that that's even possible for a hospital.
पण असा दवाखाना असू शकतो
for dying, then we have to talk about it,
मृत्यूसाठी तर त्याचा विचार केले पाहिजे.
of death uncomfortable,
अस्वस्थ करणारा असतो .
as a society approach death.
समाजाच्या मृत्यूविषयी दृष्टिकोनाबाबत .
most in my research, though,
there were protests in the local village.
तेथील ग्रामस्थांनी विरोध केला .
९९.8 टक्के लोकांना दफन करीत.
and 99.8 percent of people got buried.
three quarters of us get cremated.
तीनचतुर्थौश लोकांना धन केले जाते
to changing things
to talk about them.
about death and architecture
when I did my first exhibition on it
पहिल्या प्रदर्शनाने
which was called "Death in Venice."
ज्यास व्हेनिसमधील मृत्यू नाव पडले .
literally engage with it.
which is an interactive map of London
लंडन शहरातील
of the real estate in the city
दिली आहे .
the building or cemetery, is revealed.
स्मशानभूमीसाठी
was a series of postcards
पोस्टकार्ड बाबत
and hospitals
पत्ता असे .
of the different spaces
on either side of death.
कोठून आलो टो मार्ग दाखवीत असे
that where we die
आपण मरण पावलो
that visitors reacted to the exhibition,
प्रेक्षकांची प्रदार्षानाबाबतची प्रतिक्रिया
and running and jumping
आणि उड्या मारतांना लोक दिसले
the exhibits in different ways,
वेगवेगळ्या रीतीने
they would kind of stop
an exhibition about death,
मृत्यूसंबंधी प्रदर्शनात
how you're supposed to act.
आशा प्रतिक्रियेचा
whether there is one way
एक मार्ग आहे काय
about what you think a good death is,
तुम्हास काय वाटते चांगले मरण कसे असावे
that supports a good death might be like,
पूरक बाबी चांगल्या मृत्यूसाठी
and a little more like this?
जास्तही नको
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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