Alison Killing: There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
ئالیسۆن کیڵینگ: ڕێگەیەکی باشتر هەیە بۆ مردن
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about death and architecture.
بە مەرگ و تەلارسازی.
of infectious diseases like pneumonia,
دەمردین. بۆ نموونە هەوکردنی سی،
would take us away quite quickly.
زوویی لەناودەچووین.
in our own beds, looked after by family,
لە ناو خێزانەکانمان،
lacked access to medical care.
چاودێری پزیشکی بوو.
a lot of things changed.
those infectious diseases.
بەکاریان بهێنین.
like x-ray machines were invented.
وەک تیشک.
so big and expensive,
buildings to keep them in,
ئامێرانە،
universal healthcare systems
تەندرووستی جیهانیان پەرەپێدا
treatment could get it.
بەکاری بهێنێت.
from about 45 at the start of the century
لە سەرەتای سەدەدا
optimism about what science could offer,
لە بارەی بەدەستهێنانەکانی زانستەوە،
death was forgotten,
ژیان بوون، مردن لەیاد چووەوە،
changed dramatically.
زۆر دراماتیکی گۆڕا.
I've been looking at these changes
related to death and dying.
لەبارەی مەرگ و مردنەوە.
of cancer and heart disease,
دڵ دەمرین،
will have a long period of chronic illness
نەخۆشییە درێژخایەنەکانمان هەیە
in hospitals and hospices and care homes.
ماڵە چاودێریەکان بەسەر دەبەین،
مۆدێرنەکانمانەوە.
and the endless corridors
مەڕمەڕە بێکۆتاکان
has earned its bad reputation.
بەدەست هێناوە.
it wasn't always like this.
پێشتر نەخۆشخانەکان وانەبوون.
built in 1419 by Brunelleschi,
ساڵی ١٤١٩ لەلایەن بورنولاسکی درووست کراوە
and influential architects of his time.
تەلارسازی سەردەمی خۆی بووە.
and then think about hospitals today,
نەخۆشخانەکانی ئەوڕۆ دەکەمەوە،
this building's ambition.
have daylight and fresh air,
هەوای نوێیان هەبێت،
and they have high ceilings,
more comfortable to be in.
دەکەن.
that that's even possible for a hospital.
ئەمە شیاوە بۆ نەخۆشخانە.
for dying, then we have to talk about it,
دەبێت لەبارەیەوە بدوێین،
of death uncomfortable,
as a society approach death.
لە مەرگ نزیکبووینەتەوە.
most in my research, though,
ڕاکێشام لە توێژینەوەکەمدا،
there were protests in the local village.
دووچاری ناڕەزایی گوندنشینەکان بوو.
and 99.8 percent of people got buried.
لەسەدا ٩٩.٨ ی خەڵکی دەنێژران.
three quarters of us get cremated.
دوای مردن دەسوتێنرێین.
to changing things
to talk about them.
about death and architecture
تەلارسازیەوە
when I did my first exhibition on it
پێشەنگام لەسەری کرد.
which was called "Death in Venice."
''مەرگ لە ڤێنس.''
literally engage with it.
which is an interactive map of London
دوولایەنەی لەندەنە
of the real estate in the city
هەیە لە شارەکەدا
the building or cemetery, is revealed.
بیناکان و گۆڕستانەکان پیشاندراون .
was a series of postcards
پۆستکاردبوون
and hospitals
of the different spaces
on either side of death.
لە لایەکی مەرگدا.
that where we die
لێی دەمرین
that visitors reacted to the exhibition,
سەردانکەرەکان بۆ پێشەنگاکە،
and running and jumping
ڕایاندەکرد و بازیان دەدا
the exhibits in different ways,
لە ڕێی جیاوازەوە،
they would kind of stop
an exhibition about death,
،دەربارەی مەرگ
how you're supposed to act.
whether there is one way
تەنها ڕێگەیەک هەیە
about what you think a good death is,
ئەوەی مردنی باش چییە،
that supports a good death might be like,
مردنێکی باش بکات،
and a little more like this?
لەمەش زۆرتر بێت؟
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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