THESIS | SUCCESSIONAL PARK IN BETWEEN LIFE & DEATH

Death is the one thing we will all experience in our life and cemeteries are the human being’s last stop and final dwellings, which is the primary type of funerary architecture. When we talk about cemetery, we will immediately think about a whole large piece of burial land. However, problem started to arise when there is lack of space for human to do the traditional funerary style which is by burial method as a remembrance of their love one. To overcome this issue, Malaysia has introduced cremation as a substitution for ground burial method but it does contribute to environmental pollution. Therefore, there is a need to redesign the cemetery typology.

In my design approach, alternative sustainable solution is used, which is Re-composition death managing method. Secondly, the psychological impact of the funeral need to be considered as the primordial need of mourning is vital for the bereavement process.

For the benefit of this proposal, sustainable recyclable burial plot is used in the Re-composition process. Secondly, due to the limitation of space in urban, derelict space is chosen as the proposal site, which is an untreated Pylon Reserved area in Setapak. Plus, there is an integration of public parks into the design as it sums up the multifunctional usage for the local dwellers which is always treated as a rubbish dumping area and increase potential of crime.

Comparing to the other cemetery typology, this proposal promote sustainable death managing method which is the first Human Re-composition method in Malaysia. It is not only saving up the space while also added values to the unwanted space which turns into parks for the locals.