dc.contributor.advisor |
Jenner, R |
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dc.contributor.author |
Yoo, John |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-07-21T23:06:10Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/22528 |
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dc.description |
Full text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
How do the living cope with death? Death is a phenomenon of life which no one can escape. The occurrence of death is what characterizes our existence in life but it seems to be a topic that is often ignored. With new cemeteries being displaced from urban life it suggests further denial about the true value of death and our family history. In this thesis,the focus will lie with the historical and qualitative investigation into how the displacement out to the rural areas has occurred over time and resulted from the recoil in minimal recognition of death. I present a rebuttal on this occurrence and create an argument against the displacing of the cemeteries into the rural areas. We lack the initiative and care of what segregates the living and the dead. The cemetery is the core of every living city. We bury the dead to humanize the ground on which we build. Now, the dead have less existence in the land of the living. Through architectural explorations of adaptive reuse of an existing cemetery in the city, the goal of this thesis is to convey a better understanding of how the cemetery in the economically challenged and populated city can be a more suitable proposal when accepting death. Hence the constant reminder of the necropolis within city of the living reduces the further denial of death. Denial of death is also common when dealing with death of a loved one. In addressing the research question to how one copes with death, Kubler- Ross’ five process of grief- Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and acceptance can be seen as a framework of emotions the grief-stricken people go through to deal with their loss. The aim to provoke different emotions with the five stages as a framework by the use of controllable variables in architecture so that as one indulges in their emotions. The thesis finally proposes the emotional response is subject to the individual, but the architect can manipulate the environmental variables so that one’s emotional capacity can be intensified to the upmost. Although the specific emotional response can’t be controlled, through the manipulation of certain environmental parameters one can experience the sublime, where whatever emotion expressed, is at its strongest. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Metropolis within a Necropolis: Psychological Resilience through the Astral Realm |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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pubs.elements-id |
447311 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2014-07-22 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112901990 |
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