Alison Killing: There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
آلیسون کیلینگ: راهی بهتر برای مردن وجود دارد، و معماری میتواند کمکمان کند
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.
درباره مرگ و معماری.
of infectious diseases like pneumonia,
بیماری های عفونی می مردن،
would take us away quite quickly.
سریعا میمرد.
in our own beds, looked after by family,
در بستر بیماری می مردند.
lacked access to medical care.
برای همه میسر نبود.
a lot of things changed.
those infectious diseases.
like x-ray machines were invented.
مانند دستگاه رادیوگرافی.
so big and expensive,
بزرگ و گران قیمت بودن
buildings to keep them in,
مکانهای بزرگتری نیاز بود
universal healthcare systems
treatment could get it.
from about 45 at the start of the century
از ۴۵ سال در ابتدای قرن
optimism about what science could offer,
به خدمات علم بود
death was forgotten,
- با وجود فراموش شدن مرگ-
changed dramatically.
I've been looking at these changes
این تغییرات رو دنبال کردم.
related to death and dying.
با معماری پیدا کنم.
of cancer and heart disease,
سرطان یا سکته قلبی می میریم.
will have a long period of chronic illness
در آخر عمر به مدت طولانی
in hospitals and hospices and care homes.
و یا مراکز مراقبت درمانی می گذرانیم.
and the endless corridors
و راهرو های بی انتها
has earned its bad reputation.
it wasn't always like this.
اینها همیشه اینجوری نبودن.
built in 1419 by Brunelleschi,
ساخت برونولسکی در سال ۱۴۱۹
and influential architects of his time.
معماری های زمان خودش بوده.
and then think about hospitals today,
مقایسه کردم
this building's ambition.
نگاه عمیق در ساخت بنا بود.
have daylight and fresh air,
نور و هوای تمیز داشته باشن.
and they have high ceilings,
more comfortable to be in.
that that's even possible for a hospital.
بیمارستان ها رو این شکلی هم ساخت.
for dying, then we have to talk about it,
باید در این مورد صحبت کنیم
of death uncomfortable,
as a society approach death.
رویکرد امروز جامعه به مرگ چیست.
most in my research, though,
there were protests in the local village.
در روستاها تظاهراتی شکل گرفت.
و سوزاندن اجساد قابل قبول نبود.
and 99.8 percent of people got buried.
three quarters of us get cremated.
سه چهارم افراد سوزانده می شدند.
to changing things
موضوعات را بدیم،
to talk about them.
about death and architecture
when I did my first exhibition on it
اولین نمایشگاهم شروع کردم.
which was called "Death in Venice."
به نام" مرگ در ونیز"
literally engage with it.
which is an interactive map of London
یک نقشه متحرک از لندنه
of the real estate in the city
the building or cemetery, is revealed.
was a series of postcards
یه سری کارت پستال بود
and hospitals
of the different spaces
on either side of death.
در مکانهای مختلف بودن.
that where we die
جایی که می میریم،
that visitors reacted to the exhibition,
نحوه واکنش بازدیدکننده ها بود،
and running and jumping
کارای مختلفی می کردن.
the exhibits in different ways,
یا می رقصیدند.
they would kind of stop
an exhibition about death,
درباره مرگه،
how you're supposed to act.
مناسب این نمایشگاه نیست.
whether there is one way
about what you think a good death is,
که مشخصه یک مرگ خوب چیه؟
that supports a good death might be like,
باید چه شکلی باشه؟
and a little more like this?
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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