Abstract:
Democracy is the world’s most preferred form of governance. People centric and
public defined, it is one of the most influential society shaping systems in action
today and has been a popular choice since its inception. Democracy ticks all the
right boxes, where in, it includes people’s opinions, their diversities, their
preferences etc. and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that progress made under
democracy clearly reflects and represents the society, it concerns.
On the other hand, Architecture involves establishments for and around people.
People closely associate with it on account of common usage or shared ideals.
Architecture, has and continues to, act as a canvas and a mirror of the cultural
systems, which defines its users. Therefore, it becomes an important question to
look into how systems of Democracy and architecture have shaped each other.
Different perceptions, contradiction and controversies remain in definition of
democracy but the universal core idea remains the same that is democracy
is everything for people, by the people and of the people. My thesis will be
oriented more on the creating an architecture for the people and look for principles
of democracy in architecture. And the legislative assemblies has been taken as a
place where architecture and democracy meets. The legislative buildings
embodies an image or commanding presence of state and evokes the identity pride
and discourse of power, moreover it represents tradition, stability and authority.
The main objective lies in developing an appropriate state of architecture that
meets the people of the state of Chhattisgarh and further explore the democratic
language of assembly building and balancing act between need for security
and openness along with public realm.
