Spatial justice: reintegrating the High Court and bridging the political divide
The social contract is the link connecting a nation and its people: An intertwining and ever present bond between man and state. An inherent divide exists in this contract - a gap between the political theory and the societies that it governs. Lying in the middle of this rift is architecture, a po...
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Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10646 |
Summary: | The social contract is the link connecting a nation and its people: An intertwining and ever present
bond between man and state. An inherent divide exists in this contract - a gap between the political
theory and the societies that it governs. Lying in the middle of this rift is architecture, a powerful
connection between man and state. In bridging the political divide architecture can become more
than building because it represents a nation, its people and its laws. It can be the stage from which a
nation addresses its people and from where the people connect to their government. This
communication and interaction between state and citizen through architecture creates a space of
inclusion that bridges the political divide. It becomes democratic in nature: a spatial justice |
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