{"id":14433,"date":"2023-04-03T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/?p=14433"},"modified":"2023-04-03T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:52:24","slug":"students-weave-empathy-into-designs-for-a-mausoleum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/students-weave-empathy-into-designs-for-a-mausoleum\/","title":{"rendered":"Students weave empathy into designs for a mausoleum\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weaving empathy into building design\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xzPRgboUddM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/master-of-architecture\/\">Graduate architecture<\/a> students at Texas A&amp;M who are designing a 30,000 square-foot mausoleum for a class project are learning not only to create designs that meet structure accreditation and accessibility requirements, they\u2019re weaving empathy into their designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Architects can design better spaces if they put themselves in the shoes of people who they\u2019ll likely never meet \u2014 people who will be inside the building,\u00a0said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/staff\/michael-obrien\/\">Michael O\u2019Brien<\/a>, professor of architecture, who is leading the studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is especially important in spaces and places where grace, care, and dignity are paramount,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen designing a mausoleum, designers ask themselves, \u2018Are there places where visitors can step aside and have the building hold them as they allow grief to break through? Can a strategically placed window lift their eyes and spirit from the floor? Will a wall let them leave a flower or a candle?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the kinds of questions, said O\u2019Brien, that also apply to a wide range of structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can choose to design with empathy for people who are in the building,\u201d said O\u2019Brien. \u201cToo often, they\u2019re simply called a building\u2019s \u2018users,\u2019 or members of a certain demographic, when, in reality, they are fellow humans. In this case, they\u2019re in a mausoleum, reflecting on a loved one\u2019s life. Designers can look after them, for example, by not creating spaces where visitors might be triggered by backlit strangers approaching them in a narrow hall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of additional opportunities, said O\u2019Brien, for design to \u201clook after\u201d the needs of people the building serves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAre the doors wide enough to fit pallbearers carrying a casket?\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cCan a\u00a0caterer park close enough to not get soaked if it\u2019s raining and they\u2019re\u00a0unloading their truck?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe students are learning, through design, how to extend care to people. Whoever they are,\u201d said O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate architecture students at Texas A&amp;M who are designing a 30,000 square-foot mausoleum for a class project are learning not only to create designs that meet structure accreditation and accessibility requirements, they\u2019re weaving empathy into their designs. 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