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Looking for some precedents...
I'm looking for buildings that allow government transparency like the Reichstag, London City Hall, etc. Are there any other notable projects that I'm forgetting? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
san francisco federal building, morphosis
not built yet, but BIG's new townhall for tallinn...
richard rogers has done some courthouse projects...
'Allowing government transparency' is a bit of an ambiguous term at best.
But going by your two given examples, The Welsh Assembly in Cardiff by Richard Rogers employs a similar gesture with the public areas placed above the assembly chamber.
Of course, the Australian parliament by Giurgola preceded all these projects and started the craze by burrying much of the building under capital hill back in 1988.
Sorry for the ambiguity, I didn't think there were other forms of governmental transparency in architectural terms.
Thanks for the responses.
Behnisch's Bundestag
theinkid: Well that's what you need to determine for yourself. What does government transparency actually mean and how is that translated into buit form? Is placing a public viewing area above the chamber, or enclosing it entirely in glass really equivalent to government transparency? To me its a nice symbolic gesture, but little more. Couldn't the DDR Volkskammer (a decidedly un-democratic institution, despite the name) just as easily have occupied a design similar to the current Reichstag?
If your project is really about investigating governmental buildings, then I think you need to take things one step further. How does architecture communicate power, and futhermore, how can architecture become an active participant in the democratic process? Can buidings, landscapes, and cities encourage communication, exchange, debate, and activism?
i think foster posited the glass dome as more of an ecological response, as he was facing being forced to place a dome on top or resigning.
but i might be wrong.
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IamGray, I agree entirely. I was thinking of including more seating for members of the public to actually sit alongside representatives. Thanks again. It's an empty gesture to put public space next to government buildings because you're still separating them within the project.
The Capitol Building was designed to be largely open to the public.
I'm sure you wanted something new and flashy though.
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