FIRST INTERNATIONAL FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE SYMPOSIUM

« Il primo cimitero dell’Amazzonia »

Luiz Rabelo First Funerary Architecture International Symposium “City of the dead / City of the living Città dei morti / Città dei vivi”

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1 The brazilian cemeteries

2 The cemetery of Soledade

3 The metaproject

1.1 The mortuary Styles

2.1 The use

Soledade - Il primo cimitero dell’Amazzonia

• From the second half of the nineteenth century, governments began to reorganize the space and the relation of the dead with the living.

• Social distinction of the tombs, picnic, civic procession and Sunday tours

• The tumularia art (made by European artists with imported materials)

The British Cemetery inaugurated in 1810, is located in the neighborhood of Gamboa -Rio de Janeiro(Maria Graham).

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The cemetery São João Batista

Inaugurated in 1851 – Rio de

Janeiro.

The brazilian cemeteries1.0


Until the mid-90s, the country had only one crematorium. In 2008 practicallyall states already had a crematorium

The final disposal of ashes is free and can be kept in vaults or delivered to thedepositary ash

Religious issues help explain the growth of cremations (Authorisation ofCatholic Church)

During this process the gases are treated so as not to pollute the air and thedispersion of ash does not offer the risk of contaminating the water table

Today, 98.5% of the dead are buried and only 1.5% is cremated

1.1 The mortuary styles

75% of public cemeteries in Brazil have environmental and health problems

Surface: proliferation of animals as vectors of disease

Underground: water table contamination. Diseases associated with consumption of

contaminated water

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3 The metaproject


2.1 The use

Soledade - Il primo cimitero dell’Amazzonia | Luiz Rabelo


• Batista Campos district (2.200m² area)• Today is a central area, with a broad accessibility.

• It presents a great urban infrastructure: public facilities, recreational areas, afforestation, institutional and private services, diversified trades

• Attractive to real estate speculation.

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The cemetery Nossa Senhora da Soledade2.0


• Circulation of vehicles and

people: heavy traffic of cars

and buses, due to the central

position.

• Wide range of trading facilities:

institutional, educational,

religious and recreational.

• Food products against the rear

wall of the ancient necropolis.

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The cemetery Nossa Senhora da Soledade

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• A strong symbolic representation

• Rites every Monday

• tourists and gothic young people

63%

16%

10%

6%

2%

1%

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The use2.1


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3 The metaproject


2.1 The use


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Sustainability goals: The set of management should aim to revenues, with new uses that

contribute to cover periodic upkeep of the physical material of the equity structure as well.

The metaproject

Technologies for the reuse of rain water and solar capitation were integrated into the architectural design. This because were considered the

frequent rainy seasons and the intense sunny days of the city of Belém.

ccThe composition should continue with its secular use as a place of worship of the dead and the "souls" by the community. In

addition, the assembly should be opened daily to the public, with the aim of create a new contemplative recreation area for

the city: a true place of exhibition of art, an authentic memory place


The metaproject3.0



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