Interface: Cemetery and City
Researcher
Courtney Thoo
Published
21 Feb 2023
Funding
Alastair Swayn Internship
Growing cities face the ongoing problem of overcrowding cemeteries and disposing of our dead. To meet demand, new larger cemeteries are being built on the outskirts of cities. Cemeteries, however, contribute more to a city than just the disposal of remains and memorial of the dead.
This paper looks at the contribution of cemeteries and death spaces to the city and the living and the future of our death planning in Canberra. To understand the contribution of cemeteries to the living, case studies of the size, location, and age of cemeteries in Canberra, Sydney, Edinburgh, Oslo, and Washington are mapped and compared.
The paper will also discuss potential future forms of disposal, commemoration, and memorial for Canberra, referencing emerging practices around the world, and provide a recommendation for the future planning of the city.
The Alastair Swayn Internship 2022: The Alastair Swayn Internship Program is a joint initiative between the Alastair Swayn Foundation, the ACT Government and the University of Canberra
