Xuan’s ambitious thesis project aimed to solve China’s overcrowded graveyards and its waning forest coverage. Xuan reimagined the mourning experience by creating a system where cremated remains of loved ones are buried underneath newly-planted trees and social networking and mobile technologies
allow the living to receive previously-recorded messages from the dearly departed. “Burial is an important topic, but it’s also a taboo subject,” says Xuan. “Therefore the solution had to be both meaningful and sustainable.”

Xuan Yu
Senior Technical Staff (Design)
Walt Disney Imagineering R&D