Thursday, 1 September 2011
Week Five - Week Six: Putting the pieces together!
THE BIG IDEA:
What if? we could create all the capabilities of having a parliament house in each and every city, with out having to build anything?
What if? we could create a way in which anyone could talk directly to parliament within a completely virtual world? Designing infrastructure completely within a virtual world?
What if? we could use a virtual system of government to define a capital as a place to connect to, to educate, to learn, to develop?
What if? the architecture of this is portrayed using virtual entities? Symbolic architecture through projections of light, as if it to appear real?
DIRECT DEMOCRACY:
This form of direct democracy hears the voices of all people, no matter what social standing they belong too. The idea is to bring together those whose opinions have been overshadowed or unheard of. For too long the lower strata of society are often lost and ignored. Development programs and projects are often implemented with out an opinion nor say of the future by the people it effects the most.
An alternate system of voice, advocacy, mobilisation and participation for the excluded majority is what our nations capital lacks. A sort of intra-community that not only brings people thoughts, ideas, struggles and the likes together, but brings the people of power and privilege down to a common level, who will strive for common goals.
CONNECTING THE VOICES OF THE NATION DIRECT TO PARLIAMENT:
This diagram represents the symbolic nature of the Canberra city layout, specifically parliament, with its connecting roads to the city. It simply depicts reaching out through this main roads, connecting Canberra to the people of Australia.
Week Four - Week 5: Virtual Hypothetical Space
These two weeks were spent de-constructing the theme brief to fully understand the concept of a Virtual Hypothetical Space.
To me, the definition of virtual in the context of hypothetical space implies a non physical existence, but made “virtually” to appear so...
A virtual space typically depicts a computer generated/ created with the aid of software environment. How could such an environment have an influence on an architectural design, and how would it benefit Australia?
After forming new groups, we began to pose the question WHAT IF?
From the tutorial exercises prior, we were able to grasp a clearer vision for hypothetical spaces for hypothetical scenarios.
These scenarios were:
- What if there was World War Three, and what would Australia's involvement be? How would our nations capital respond? What sort of system would be put in place/would already in be place?
- What if anarchy occurred on our streets? How would the nations capital respond? What infrastructure would there be in place to combat the rise up of society on the governing system?
- What if there was an alternate system of voice, advocacy, mobilisation and participation for the excluded majority? A sort of intra-community that not only brings peoples thoughts, ideas, struggles and the likes together, but brings the people of power and privilege down to a common level, who will strive for common goals...? How would a virtual environment reflect the nations capital for people to respond and relate to outside of Canberra?
The scenario we questioned the most, the one we continued to pull apart was the third scenario of a voice for the people...
After googling a few political cartoons, an idea sprung to mind that we could use such imagery to describe our research leading up to the scenario.
The idea was posed when discussing "How would/could parliament incorporate the vast social networking, and the technology that has evolved from it, into the political agenda?"
The cartoon sketch depicts Julia Gillard (Prime Minister) trying to connect with the modern age of technology with reference to the social networking site Facebook. I decided to use Apples technology as it mostly resembles the advancement and acceptance of technology in our modern world. Julia has Australia in her hands (A-pad) and is connected to Australia via "Facebook".
The power of social networking is vast, as described in the book 'Connected' which is briefly described on this website-
http://connectedthebook.com/pages/description.html
"Intriguing and entertaining,Connected overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change the way we think about every aspect of our lives."
(Connected:The surprising power of our social networks, Christakis, Fowler, 2011)
To me, the definition of virtual in the context of hypothetical space implies a non physical existence, but made “virtually” to appear so...
A virtual space typically depicts a computer generated/ created with the aid of software environment. How could such an environment have an influence on an architectural design, and how would it benefit Australia?
After forming new groups, we began to pose the question WHAT IF?
From the tutorial exercises prior, we were able to grasp a clearer vision for hypothetical spaces for hypothetical scenarios.
These scenarios were:
- What if there was World War Three, and what would Australia's involvement be? How would our nations capital respond? What sort of system would be put in place/would already in be place?
- What if anarchy occurred on our streets? How would the nations capital respond? What infrastructure would there be in place to combat the rise up of society on the governing system?
- What if there was an alternate system of voice, advocacy, mobilisation and participation for the excluded majority? A sort of intra-community that not only brings peoples thoughts, ideas, struggles and the likes together, but brings the people of power and privilege down to a common level, who will strive for common goals...? How would a virtual environment reflect the nations capital for people to respond and relate to outside of Canberra?
The scenario we questioned the most, the one we continued to pull apart was the third scenario of a voice for the people...
After googling a few political cartoons, an idea sprung to mind that we could use such imagery to describe our research leading up to the scenario.
The idea was posed when discussing "How would/could parliament incorporate the vast social networking, and the technology that has evolved from it, into the political agenda?"
The cartoon sketch depicts Julia Gillard (Prime Minister) trying to connect with the modern age of technology with reference to the social networking site Facebook. I decided to use Apples technology as it mostly resembles the advancement and acceptance of technology in our modern world. Julia has Australia in her hands (A-pad) and is connected to Australia via "Facebook".
The power of social networking is vast, as described in the book 'Connected' which is briefly described on this website-
http://connectedthebook.com/pages/description.html
"Intriguing and entertaining,Connected overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change the way we think about every aspect of our lives."
(Connected:The surprising power of our social networks, Christakis, Fowler, 2011)
Week Four - Theme Selection: VIRTUAL 1
Theme Brief -
Hypothetical Space
Helena Piha
 Hypothetical, firstly, implies something to test an idea of (or in) the mind that is worth looking into as a possibility / possible reality. I do like to think of hypotheticality also as an exploration into the 'what if...?' The above image depicts a world made entirely of cubical elements and the story goes on to explore what that might imply. What if, indeed? I would like my group to take a bold look at the 'what if' hypothesis in the context of a capital city and its parliament. What if the democracy was different? What if we did not build as physically as we do now? What if we did not need to congregate to make decisions....? I would much like to see a parliament 'structure' built upon the parameters of your own 'what if' scenario. |
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