GROUP WORK

maya leith

zaheer esat

AUSTRALIA

the state map above depicts the distribution of canberra's parliament. how the interaction of governments with their people is a two lane street. feedback is key in an ideal world, though the ability or ease of that connection propels our country further into the 21st century. below are the possible layouts of the proposed political pavilions. they show how the placement of the small but unique build can attract attention for the cause of developing their own country for the benefit of them. 

dis.trib.u.tion

Davor posted on black board the outline to what form of architectural distribution we are to examine and make benefit australian parliament building/connection/icon. I say these three possibilities to outline the futuristic approach needed be taken for the benefit of the australian people. 

"This studio will explore and create a proposition, based on DISTRIBUTED approach. How, why, where, when and what, will be the questions we will try to answer. But our foremost goal will be to explore and understand the history of this country, forcing political engagement, democracy, decision making and trying to predict our vision as architects for the future."

what are we to look for but what is already there. the idea behind our design approach is not to make a more functional building hence the common expression, "form follows function", but to design the way the people approach, connect and can interact with their government. architecture has been designed in the past to the buildings approach to the function. where as, the architecture needs to follow peoples interaction and function. designing for the impact of that into architecture could change and future-proof the nations politics. 

“By incorporating a variety of views there is greater opportunity for a successful outcome”.

 Are we ready?

ENERGY THE SUSTAINABLE WAY

focusing on how the building/pavilion is going to be integrated into sites around STATES and regional areas a source of power should be integrated into the small compact building. the use of technology will be ideal for how the ideology behind the building is to be portrayed to the public.

exploring different ways for energy generation is hard due to the small scale of the building, the position it will generally have in a city and the space required for the systems to generate the energy needed.

types of energy generation.

• solar energy

"photovoltaic systems"



The Greenpix Zero Energy Media Wall is the world’s largest color LED display, and has a self sustaining energy life-cycle. Harvesting sunlight collected during the day via photovoltaic solar cells, the wall uses stored solar energy to light up the LED’s for a spectacular nighttime show.



"solar electricity - passive solar heating + daylighting - solar process space heating + cooling"

Geothermal energy is the main power source for the City Hall, exchanging heat with the ground and water. Heat and cold inside of the building is maintained with a radiant floor and the help of a small boiler system on the roof that is only used sporadically. Ventilation occurs via the double skin, as well as the skylight which acts as a solar chimney. Altogether, this smart building has been estimated to have a 60% energy saving rating.

• wind energy

wind turbines

"Small wind systems also have potential as distributed energy resources. Distributed energy resources refer to a variety of small, modular power-generating technologies that can be combined to improve the operation of the electricity delivery system." Department of Energy, 2011. 

• combinations 

wind energy + solar energy = wind turbines built into a grid connected to photovoltaic cells.

FUNCTIONS | SPACE

 "the impact the design of buildings can have on us - on our identity and self-esteem, and on relationships, our chances at school, and even our weight and immune system," Tom Dyckhoff

IDENTITY

INFRASTRUCTURE

COMMUNICATION

EDUCATION

VIRTUAL

FUNCTIONS OF THE BUILDING ARE TO OUTLINE THE PURPOSE OF THE POLITICAL INTERACTION. the building/space has to encourgae the above characteristics that the people need to start trusting their government. the interaction with the building can be the acknoledgement of the building, the uses the space provides, the representatives for communication about current issues. the ability for the relationships to evole and become once again what holds the country together.

SUPPORT STRUCTURE

PARLIAMENT HOUSE

the house of representatives (our local polititions) and the senate are all confined to the one building on capital hill. the design has been to encourage public interaction but rarely is enforced due to the subterrainian look of the building almost bunker like.

the ideology brainstormed by my group is to look at how parliament can be literally distributed thoughout the individual states, and regional areas not recieving the needs that their squashed voice are trying to say.

breaking down the policical regime as it stands and evenly distributing the voice of australia back to its people, thought still unified under the one banner. architecture has the ability to create a place for play, work and residential. these are the most basic forms of function a building can use to devote the buildings functions and life span pertain to the peoples interest and not those of a beautiful building to make a statement through the ages or the next 100 years.

BEING CONNECTED VIA WIFI

public transport is key to the sucess of a developing city, and keeping the people connect is the new way with Wi-Fi spots popping up everywhere.

we have Wi-Fi parks, Wi-Fi trains,  Wi-Fi buses. the innovative nature of these area is that free Wi-Fi can be used for particular reasons, such as: polling for government feed back, the access of particular filtered internet sites, etc.