dc.contributor.author | Ampeire, Andrew Alexandar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-26T13:47:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-26T13:47:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ampeire, Andrew Alexandar. (2022). Assessing the design of Funeral Homes and Facilities in Uganda. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation). Makerere University. Kampala; Uganda. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/18694 | |
dc.description | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Architecture of Makerere University. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In Uganda currently, society appears to show a disconnection from existing funeral service
providers because they do not seem to fulfill the needs of the mourners who seek solace in regard
to coping with the death of their loved ones. The psychological impact of death is irrefutable
therefore, the inability to honor a loved one with an appropriate burial and funeral can cause untold
distress for the deceased´s family and community, thus affects the healing process. This research
is aimed at understanding concepts on grieving, mourning, acceptance as well as socio affective
relationships between funeral rituals and associated spaces and landscapes for the purpose of
bereavement. Grief can obliterate a person’s perception of life so funerary architecture must seek
the utility to positively transform the emotions and psychology of grief, rather than increase
adverse intensity by forcing mourners to move on without closure. This research focuses on
assessing the design of funeral homes and facilities in Uganda by reviewing available literature,
and collecting data from case studies to analyze them and come up with recommendations. This
study has the potential to provide understanding of how we can design funeral homes to better
suite our communities in experiencing grief, consoling them and helping them find acceptance and
closure. Through this study we may be able to engage community (friends and relatives of the
mourners) to also help foster healing through social interactions. The research also meant finding
out why the psychological wellbeing of the mourners is not looked at so much in existing funeral
services offered in Uganda. The data collection tools used involved use of open-ended interviews,
photography, making sketches, using case study approach and also document review. Some
recommendations on what spaces should be designed for the comfort of the mourners were done.
These proposals would in turn offer design guidelines for the professionals in the building industries. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Funeral Homes | en_US |
dc.subject | Funeral Facilities | en_US |
dc.title | Assessing the design of Funeral Homes and Facilities in Uganda. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |