Do descaso ao descanso eterno: Estudo preliminar de ampliação do Cemitério Municipal de Mutuca/PE

Abstract

Death is an issue that affects human dynamism in many aspects, including urban and environmental. When spatialized, death deals with geographical, climatic, constructive, cultural, and sanitary issues that directly affect the place where it is implemented. This work aims to present a proposal for a preliminary architectural and landscape study for the expansion of a cemetery located in a rural community in the interior of Pernambuco. Through a neighborhood impact study, on a small scale, the research seeks to understand the social, cultural, historical, landscape, material, and demographic nuances that give the place its identity. The architectural proposal covers everything from the treatment of pre-existing access roads, the opening of a new access, and the creation of burial sectors, ossuaries, vertical graves, a mortuary chapel, a wake room, a lookout point, a park, a morgue, and technical-administrative facilities to artistic interventions, with the aim of integrating into the local landscape, embracing its preexistence, and promoting a sense of belonging, comfort, and mitigation of grief.