Week 3 Studio| Infrastructure, Strategy & Presence

This studio activity involved creating Architectural Fictions - creating stories that will describe our ideas in a specific context, user, situation, and strategies. The activity focused on Infrastructure and Presence to make the 4 Strategies (Mobile, Distributed, Flexible and Virtual) possible and viable. We formed a group of 4 and below are the outcomes of the studio activity.

Strategy: Mobile and Distributed

Our discussion focused on mostly the science fiction theme (extreme) then down to a realistic form of kiosks. The spaceship and kiosks were elements that are both mobile and can be distributed. They are easily accessible to the people, who will be linked to the parliament. Our idea mainly revolved around "seats to the people". We wanted to link back to the community and we wanted transparency.



Strategy: Virtual

Our virtual discussion involved looking at libraries. There is an online library that formed links to other libraries. A network of libraries all over the world. From this idea, we saw our parliament as an entity in a public square. Where the people can utilise from an accessible location. They would essentially be interacting virtually through a physical interface without having to go physically to Canberra - this is a way to way to minimise the footprint of the building.



Strategy: Flexible



Individual Idea Development

Frankfurt's Zeilgalerie Lights Up With an Incredible 19,700 LED Facade. It will show artistic abstraction of the commercial advertising slogans. Why does the side of buildings or front seem to always have some form of advertising. Is there anything else more worthy of the space? Could educating the people of democracy be through this media be a way? Or is consumerism too strong...