Abstract:
The dead in this cemetery parallel the living city. Just as there are living people in the living city, there are living memories of the deceased in this cemetery. Lewis Mumford wrote that the city of the dead preceded the living city because of its importance due to the idea of permanence of death as life is temporal. This urban cemetery will portray how spaces that deal with death and the activity of urban life can be considered to lower the barriers between the living and the dead. After all, death is a fact of life. The architecture of grieving and urban space will be considered. The thesis seeks to explore the possibility of converting a neglected structure into a city of memories. The cemetery will be a place for urbanites to memorials and grieve their deceased loved ones in a personal and contemporary way. In doing this, it will activate a neglected asset by giving it life through the celebration of death. A cemetery in the gaping hole of Soho square illustrates how physical death does not mean social death.