The Social Market
Vienna, Austria
; Austrian Foundation for Future Democracy
Studio Hani Rashid Academic Project - ‘Fall 2016/17’
Collabarative Work with Anya Tuzova, Shilun Yang
A Speculative Architecture for Vienna _ Aula der Wissenschaften
House of Future Democracy
A pivotal location gives Heldenplatz an undoubt- ful potential to become the heart of the new re- lationship between the public and the powers of politics. Many futurologists predict the oncoming of the ‘New Direct Democracy’ era when all in- dividual opinions combined together will have anunlimited power in political decisions.
This project represents a new agora complex referring to the democracy in its most direct form.The geometrydevelops around two large semi-open auditoriums standing for a constant opinions dialog and suitable for discussion, public speech and political theatre performances.
A pivotal location gives Heldenplatz an undoubt- ful potential to become the heart of the new re- lationship between the public and the powers of politics. Many futurologists predict the oncoming of the ‘New Direct Democracy’ era when all in- dividual opinions combined together will have anunlimited power in political decisions.
This project represents a new agora complex referring to the democracy in its most direct form.The geometrydevelops around two large semi-open auditoriums standing for a constant opinions dialog and suitable for discussion, public speech and political theatre performances.
