PoliticalBar

Political Transparency In order to understand the issues raised by transparency, it is important to understand that the requirement for transparency is consubstantial with the emergence of democracy. Transparency is thought of as a necessary and essential modality of democracy in the sense that it allows two things. First of all, it fights against the...

INTERCANTONAL SPACE

ABSTRACT In the ever-growing movement of virtuality, we need to find a way to link long distance discussions with architecture. The project proposes to create virtually connected extensions to the cantonal parliaments of Switzerland to help them coordinate and promote inter-cantonal work. These 26 additions are equipped with modular spaces enclosed with silicone rod curtains...

Dēclāmo apparatus

Vox populi in the digital age The communication has dramatically changed the way in which modern political campaigns are run with the arrival of these new media. With more digital native citizens coming into the voting population, social media have become important platforms on which politicians establish themselves and engage with the voters. In the...

IMMERSIVE INFOTECTURE

Our idea of a single virtual platform as an archive or search engine therefore introduces a new form of access to complex connections inherited in referenda. It should serve as a tool for citizens to get informed, as a virtual space where you navigate through more instinctively, like how we are used to moving around...

EAVESDROPPING THE PARLIAMENT

Abstract Starting from the word eavesdropping, the purpose of my project is to develop the question of opening the political debates of the parliament to the public. My proposal is an experimental project which proposes to place symbolically microphones on the four statues that adorn the stairs of the hall of the dome during the parliamentary...

AGAINST PROPAGANDA

The Future of Democracy Every year there are a few referendums in Switzerland. Among the voting material distributed by post, every citizen receives an informational brochure. For most people it is the main source of forming an opinion.  It means that the current information system on referendums is rather centralized and comes mainly from the Federal...

OPEN LOBBYING

Equity and transparency in the influencing system Abstract In the Swiss Lobbying system transparency and equity do not have a say. This project proposes an open, accessible and transparent system that will be added in order to inform about the influences of lobbying as well as allow every swiss citizen to participate and to meet...

A CITIZEN-PARTICIPATION PROGRAM FOR BERN

The Future of Government The problematic that we investigated: The separation of the two spheres that are politics and people has been dicovered as a problematic, they function fundamentally different. How do we make these 2 terms tangible, and how do we reshape the interaction between government and citizens? Our goal is to understand the existing...

Social Parliament

The topic of politics can sometimes be overwhelming to understand. There are many layers and information is sometimes hidden behind unnecessary procedures and protocols. We must find a way, as a democracy, to embrace the fact that citizens can get informed, interact, react, and overall participate in politics. The political landscape is a very complex...

VIRTUAL POPULAR INITIATIVE

Project Booklet Animations Composite drawings Jacques Schmidt Andrea Calzolaro