The Future of a cemetery in a warming climate

his paper utilises the complex physical and cultural landscape of an inner urban cemetery in Melbourne to position microclimate materiality as a crucial contemporary design framework. Beginning with key concepts from design literature on the design potentials of heat, air and atmosphere, this theor...

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Published in:	Landscape Review
Main Author:	Wendy Walls
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln University 2025-10-01
Subjects:	design material speculation microclimate landscape architecture planting design
Online Access:	https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/article/view/1240

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