O Parque Dos Mortos Part 2 Project 2025 Emelie Christina Fraser Mackintosh School of Architecture | UK This thesis challenges conventional architectural responses to death through the lens of Porto, Portugal. Recent figures reveal that over 57% of urban residents are choosing cremation over traditional burial and with the recent legalisation of euthanasia, it is clear that societal attitudes towards death are evolving. Despite this, Porto’s cemeteries remain walled off on the city’s periphery, isolating death from daily life.Drawing on William Robinson’s Cemeteries of the Future, which reimagines cemeteries as gardens of continuous renewal, the thesis proposes a new model that embeds death within the civic realm.The design introduces a spine wall which frames a series of gardens where memory, care, and community coexist with spaces for euthanasia. Architecture is conceived as a living entity capable of evolving with shifting cultural attitudes towards death shaped by time, growth, and decay.Each garden presents two architectural counterpoints with spaces for both life and death: a decaying conceptual chapel for mourning and contemplation, while on the opposite side, patients are guided through the stages towards euthanasia. This thesis argues that a new architectural approach towards mortality should be brought to the urban forefront to encourage society to better engage with the inevitability of death. Tutor(s)