Bunurong Memorial Park and Cemetery in Dandenong is not just a place to bury the dead. It also includes a cafe, a children’s playground, trails for walking, running and cycling and space for picnics.
Bunurong’s design deliberately opens it to the community with a cafe, children’s playground, trails for walking, running and cycling and space for picnics.
Kirsten Bauer from Aspect Studios Landscape Architects and Tania Davidge from Open House Melbourne at Bunurong Memorial Park in Dandenong, which has some interesting and unconventional design features including a playground.“We’re actually trying different ways to activate cemeteries,” he said.
“I walked a lot with a friend, and we talked a lot about the role of the cemetery as a public space as well as a place for interment,” she said.Davidge said in Victoria, a person’s grave plot is kept in perpetuity. This is in contrast to New South Wales, where other people can be buried in the grave after a certain amount of time has passed.
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