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Designs
of Democracy Winning plans by Bauman Lyons Architects Lumen were part of the design team working with Bauman Lyons Architects, one of 3 winners of the Designs on Democracy competition organised by The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), in association with CABE, the Design Council and the Architects' Journal. The open, two stage competition examined the role that design can play in promoting democratic engagement. "It is now widely recognised that government works best where people get involved in decision-making processes. We have seen a range of initiatives aimed at rejuvenating local democracy, including the introduction of local mayors and the inclusion of citizenship education in the national curriculum. Local authorities themselves are experimenting with one-stop shops, neighbourhood forums, citizens’ councils, e-democracy and other innovations. Yet little attention has been paid to the design of municipal democratic spaces. When Tony Blair launched his ‘Better Public Buildings’ initiative, promising to place much greater emphasis on good design in the public sector, he mentioned schools, hospitals and libraries, but omitted, significantly, to mention town halls. They are a vital missing ingredient in local civic renewal. If local government is to succeed in winning back confidence and loyalty, it needs to be perceived as more than just a service provider. It needs to provide spaces in which people can come together as citizens, to discuss the issues facing their community and shape its future direction. The Designs on Democracy competition aims to raise the profile of town halls as important civic buildings and encourage the development these new democratic spaces." — http://www.designsondemocracy.org.uk/competition/thetime.html Winning design available for download in PDF fromat:
http://www.bradford.gov.uk/bradford2008/bauman_lyons.asp |
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