THE BUILDING IS ABOUT PEOPLE. EACH ANGLE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT A DIFFERENT CHARACTER. IN A DEMOCRATIC WORLD, AT TIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CATER FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS. OFTEN IT IS HARD TO EVEN ACCEPT A DIFFERENT OPINION AS ONE THAT IS VALID- BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY IS TO LISTEN REGARDLESS. WHAT MAKES THESE OPINIONS UNIQUE, WHAT MAKES THEM COMMON, WHAT MAKES THEM POWERFUL? THE OPINION IS JUST THE SURFACE, BEHIND THE SURFACE IS A PERSON TELLING IT, AND THEIR WHOLE LIFE, THEIR EXPERIENCES, THEIR BELIEFS, THEIR DREAMS AND THEIR TRAGEDIES.
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political social environmental cultural at a human scale
THE FORM OF THE BUILDING IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH A PROCESS OF CONNECTING LINES OF POLITICAL CENTRES, JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE. THE ANGLES ARE LITERAL EXTRUSIONS OF THESE AXESCOMING TO A POINT IN THE CENTRAL ATRIUM. THE ATRIUM ITSELF IS A STATEMENT THAT ALTHOUGH THESE ANGLES MIGHT VARY AT TIMES, THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMONA SHARED GOAL FOR THE GOOD OF SOCIETY. THE BUILDING IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WRITTEN BY THE PEOPLE OF BRISBANE.
Naushin Rahman 8547661 DAH810 Tutor: Zuzanna