The Museum of Life; Redefining the Cemetery

Name(s): 
Hala Amjad Makahleh
University: 
German Jordanian University
Name(s) of instructor(s): 
Tha'er Quba
Country: 
Jordan
Brief About The Project: 

The Museum of Life

The contemporary Cemetery has become a space that weighs down on the city claiming more and more land by the year, separating us from ideas surrounding death that have the ability to flourish our societies.

The Museum of Life suggests a redefinition of the cemetery, and rituals of death by focusing more on the non-physical aspects of dying, such as the memories.

as a result a unit cemetery is developed, creating a journey of reflection and celebration of memory with the aim of having a cemetery with plots that are reusable, and that will never run out of space.

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