In terms of mobile and distributed architecture, Airforce 1 comes to mind, a device for mobile leadership. This brings us the idea that this type of environment is almost essential, particularly for the leader of a nation. With politicians travelling so much, they should be able to take some portion of their work space with them. The reason for so much travel is to keep in touch with the general public. While we have a centralised building for this purpose, it is clearly evident for politicians that it is difficult to manage an entire country from one static point.
Could the parliament be broken down to enable a more distributed architecture?
Country – State – City – Council – Suburb – Community – Family – Individual.
The parliament could be a conglomeration of smaller, more manageable, “in-touch with the people”, mobile units, capable of reconvening in a single location to meet, discuss and make decisions as a more informed whole parliament. This could then enable a larger group/structure to break down into more easily transportable products, capable of dependant or independent travel. The smaller units can reform in a variety of locations as needed, possibly even capable of international travel to represent Australia. It should still be a combined building with presence, also recognisable as it breaks down and mobilises. A temporary architecture that gains strength of presence through its temporary nature, catching a glimpse of which would become a joyful surprise, particularly as it arises where you least expect it.
While these smaller building sections should be independently functional, they still require the ability to interact with one another, in a virtual sense for example.
But what physical space would be required for politicians (or potentially any person) to be able to interact effectively? Could a singular space be able to provide for various virtual situations? How many people need to fit into one of these spaces? Or are they just terminals?
Are these “parliamentary pods” (for lack of a more descript term at this point) also capable of being flexible enough that they actually begin to actively solve or aid in issues at the forefront of the nation’s issues? Could they help to solve:
-homelessness
-unemployment
-education
-aged care
-healthcare
-immigration
-human rights
-population growth
-sustanability
-clean energy production
-resource management
-rural Australia
Etc.
It may be a tall order to have a potentially small, mobile, virtually capable architecture, also capable of resolving so many big issues, but it may be possible to narrow down the function of the spaces so that they are able to effectively attach to a few of these ideas. These ideas could even become grouped:
-education, homelessness, unemployment
-aged care, healthcare
-population growth, immigration, human rights
-rural Australia, resource management
-sustainability, clean energy (should be the backbone of any direction for this project)
I am particularly fond of this idea of aiding a big issue as it begins to give more purpose to the brief and gives some tangibility to future thoughts.
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