Assembly

This work aims to critically examine the building typology: Parliament. The project develops a prototype for a scenario of a pacified Middle East with a reformed model of democracy. This is an invitation to an imaginary journey and a demand for more idealism.

The basic idea for the initial scenario of this draft relates to the concept of a new state. A state whose name is still to be defined and whose detailed formulation and constitution would go beyond the scope of this work. The second part deals with a reformed theory of democracy. Instead of an electoral representative system as we know it today, we assume a scenario of a democracy through "Multibody Sortition“, developed by the political scientist Terril G. Bouricius.\nThe overall concept of this Project is divided into three Areas. The levels information, reality and imaginary represent past, present and future and are spatially translated into the following three elements\nArchive The foundation for a peaceful solution lies in a joint analysis of history. The archive as an active instance for consensus building with regard to the prevailing narratives forms the level of the past and the information. The underground building complex is accessible to the public via a cut in the terrain and contains a hybrid of archive and educational facility.\nPublic Square The second level and level of the present, in other words the "real", is the public square. In addition to a place for social exchange, it provides space for trade, culture and public discourse. The square forms the mediating level between archive and assembly. It is both access level and buffer zone for both institutions. The structure of the "Assembly" floating above the square can be reached via an elevation. In the topography of the square, the artificial hill forms an counterpole to the incision in the terrain. A sharp edge is created by cutting off the modifications of the terrain. The disturbance of the otherwise homogeneous topography is to be understood as a reference to border lines.\nAssembly The Assembly building above the square represents the future and the imaginary. A place where decisions are made and where future is shaped. The concrete form of the structure and the space it creates, as well as its existence on the site, is not sealed. The concept aims to enable and provoke a process of migration and transformation in the building.