Thomas Gibson
MA work
MA work
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The Waiting Room, Thomas Gibson
Plaster and paraffin wax physical model
Today death is seen not as a defining human moment but as something to be sanitised and pushed to the edges of our towns and cities. In an urban population that is ageing dramatically, it is vital for society to confront, and participate in, the process of dying as a right of passage and the final phase of living.

This thesis proposes an urban architecture which enables a contemporary form of end-of-life care within the city and facilitates an individual’s right to determine the manner and location of their own death.

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MA Degree
School
School of Architecture
Programme
MA Architecture, 2012
Specialism
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Today death is seen not as a defining human moment but as something to be sanitised and pushed to the edges of our towns and cities. In an urban population that is ageing dramatically, it is vital for society to confront, and participate in, the process of dying as a right of passage and the final phase of living.

This thesis proposes an urban architecture which enables a contemporary form of end-of-life care within the city and facilitates an individual’s right to determine the manner and location of their own death.

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Degrees
- MA, Architecture, University of Edinburgh, 2009; Foundation Art and Design, University of the Arts London, 2004
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Experience
- Architectural assistant, Haworth Tompkins Architects, London, 2010–11; Architectural assistant, Toh Shimazaki Architecture, London, 2009–10; Architectural assistant, Real Architecture, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2008–9