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Parliament: architecture and power
07-18
Bachelor of Architecture Design Studio

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT]


Location: RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Teaching
People: Amy Evans and Conor Todd

Physical exhibition, semester 02, 2018


Students in this studio interrogated the relationship between architectural language and political power through a series of interventions, additions and reconfigurations within the site of the Victorian Parliament House. 

From Ancient Rome to the architectures that accompanied the major political ideologies of the 20th century, and everywhere in between, architectural production has constantly taken place in relation to the dominant political and economic forces of the day. Students examined the recurrence of this theme throughout history, as well as the attributes of the Parliament as an architectural typology, as a way to develop their own positions on the relationship between architecture and power today.

Students’ design proposing were critical in their understanding of architectural representations of power, and the roles that these representations play in the city and society.