Alison Killing: There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
أليسون كيلنغ: ثمة طريقة أفضل للموت، وفن العمارة يستطيع مساعدتك
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about death and architecture.
of infectious diseases like pneumonia,
أمراض معدية كالالتهاب الرئوي،
would take us away quite quickly.
ستأخذ أرواحنا بسرعة.
in our own beds, looked after by family,
في فراشنا، في ظل رعاية العائلة،
lacked access to medical care.
من الحصول على الرعاية الطبية.
a lot of things changed.
في القرن العشرين.
those infectious diseases.
like x-ray machines were invented.
كأجهزة التصوير بالأشعة السينية.
so big and expensive,
buildings to keep them in,
universal healthcare systems
أنظمة رعاية صحية شاملة
treatment could get it.
يحتاجون العلاج الحصول عليها.
from about 45 at the start of the century
من حوالي 45 في بداية القرن
optimism about what science could offer,
بشأن ما يستطيع العلم تقديمه،
death was forgotten,
تم نسيان الموت،
changed dramatically.
I've been looking at these changes
أنظر إلى هذه التغيرات
related to death and dying.
الذي يتصل بالموت والاحتضار.
of cancer and heart disease,
جراء السرطان أو مرض القلب،
will have a long period of chronic illness
سيعانون فترة طويلة من مرض مزمن
in hospitals and hospices and care homes.
في المستشفيات ودور العجزة ودور الرعاية.
and the endless corridors
والدهاليز التي لا تنتهي
has earned its bad reputation.
it wasn't always like this.
أنها لم تكن دومًا هكذا.
built in 1419 by Brunelleschi,
الذي بُني عام 1419 على يد برونالسكي،
and influential architects of his time.
وأكثر المعماريين تأثيرًا في زمانه.
and then think about hospitals today,
ثم أفكر بشأن المستشفيات اليوم،
this building's ambition.
have daylight and fresh air,
بضوء الشمس والهواء النقي،
and they have high ceilings,
more comfortable to be in.
that that's even possible for a hospital.
ذلك ممكن بالنسبة للمستشفيات.
for dying, then we have to talk about it,
إذًا فعلينا الحديث عنها،
of death uncomfortable,
as a society approach death.
most in my research, though,
التي أدهشتني خلال بحثي،
في سبعينيات القرن السابع عشر.
there were protests in the local village.
كانت المظاهرات تعم القرية.
وتم إحراق 99.8% من الناس.
and 99.8 percent of people got buried.
three quarters of us get cremated.
أحرق ثلاثة أرباعنا.
to changing things
to talk about them.
about death and architecture
when I did my first exhibition on it
قمت أول معرض لي بشأنهما
which was called "Death in Venice."
واسمه "الموت في البندقية".
literally engage with it.
which is an interactive map of London
وهي خريطة تفاعلية للندن
of the real estate in the city
the building or cemetery, is revealed.
أو المبنى أو المحرقة هذه.
كانت سلسلة من البطاقات البريدية
was a series of postcards
and hospitals
of the different spaces
on either side of death.
that where we die
that visitors reacted to the exhibition,
ردة فعل الزوار تجاه المعرض،
and running and jumping
the exhibits in different ways,
they would kind of stop
an exhibition about death,
how you're supposed to act.
التي يفترض أن يتصرفوا بها.
whether there is one way
فيما لو كانت هناك طريقة
about what you think a good death is,
بشأن ما تعتقدون أنه موت جيد،
that supports a good death might be like,
الذي يدعم الموت الجيد،
and a little more like this?
وأكثر شبهًا بهذا؟
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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