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A cemetery for the City of New York

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dc.contributor.advisor J. Meejin Yoon. en_US
dc.contributor.author Dajao, Rori Christian Espina, 1977- en_US
dc.contributor.other Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. en_US
dc.coverage.spatial n-us-ny en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2005-09-26T19:44:49Z
dc.date.available 2005-09-26T19:44:49Z
dc.date.copyright 2004 en_US
dc.date.issued 2004 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28317
dc.description Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2004. en_US
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-67). en_US
dc.description.abstract Today, cemeteries are forgotten places. Once centers of cities and the societies they served, they have been pushed to the outskirts and turned into places of pure storage, devoid of memory. This thesis takes on the additional program of the Potter's Field: a burial place for the poor and unclaimed. Currently in New York the potter's field is located on Hart Island in the Bronx. This thesis proposes replacing that cemetery. Located at Riverside Park, this thesis proposes that the cemetery can be re-inserted into the public realm. Issues such as privacy, scale, individuality, and memory are confronted. By siting the cemetery in a park, connections are made between the active world of the living, and the world of the dead and mourning. This is accomplished mainly within the architecture of the section. What results is a hybrid space that is both inside and outside the realm of the park and the city. en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibility by Rori Christian Espina Dajao. en_US
dc.format.extent 68 p. en_US
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dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology en_US
dc.rights M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. en_US
dc.rights.uri http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subject Architecture. en_US
dc.title A cemetery for the City of New York en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.description.degree M.Arch. en_US
dc.contributor.department Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. en_US
dc.identifier.oclc 55636679 en_US

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