Parliament
By: concept, research, design and diagrams, XML ; text, XML
Publisher: XML
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9789090297644
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Legislative bodies; Public buildings; Designs and plans
Description: Parliament is the space where politics literally takes shape. Here, collective decisions take form in a specific setting where relationships between political actors are organized through architecture. The architecture of spaces of political congregation is not only an expression of a political culture, it also shapes this culture. 0Since 2010, architecture office XML has researched the architecture of spaces of political congregation. The book 'Parliament' explores the double-sided relationship between space and politics by documenting and comparing the plenary halls of the parliaments of all 193 United Nations member states. Almost like a manual archive, the book documents the rooms in the same style and scale and also provides key data and the assembly hall's location within the larger parliament building. Organized as a lexicon, the book allows comparison of all 193 national parliaments in the world.
Notes: Includes index.

"The research for this project was generously supported by: Creative Industries Fund NL, Mondriaan Fund, DOEN Foundation"--Page 448.

Consists primarily of diagrams representing the seating arrangements of legislative chambers around the world, with other information about the legislative bodies.