A paradigmatic shift from heterotopia to hypertopia. New values to reinterpret burial space design and the relationship between cemeteries and cities

The contribution is part of the research project ‘Rethinking lastscapes Perspectives’ and proposes a paradigmatic shift in interpreting and designing burial grounds. In order to recognise new values in this huge material and immaterial heritage and to make the transition from heterotopia to hypertopia, the contribution reflects on the possibilities of design using the Landscape Services tool and defining a system of indicators useful for recognising a multidimensionality of the cemetery landscape. Only through a broader interpretation of the city of the dead we can rethink its relationship with the city of the living. Three case studies are investigated in order to render the complexity of the theme and some possibilities for the architectural, urban and landscape design.