Assignment Description

Over the semester our assessment requires us to re-imagine the Australian Capital Territory and produce a vision for the A.C.T. in the 21st century. Developing a strategy for the city and the national parliament which it houses, identifying the infrastructure relevant to a 21st century city and investigating appropriate architectural types for a city which represents Australia. From this basis we will ultimately produce an architectural proposal which seeks to address these issues and provide 'A Place for People'.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Transparency in Government

Link to a TED talk by the British Prime Minister David Cameron titled 'The next age of government' which addresses accountability, transparency & choice in government. At 7:15 Cameron describes the Missouri Accountability Portal, a website set-up by the State of Missouri in America to provide the public with access to state expenditure. By making this information freely available to the public the government is held accountable for the money it spends.

Cameron also addresses the importance of choice and giving individuals greater control over the choices they make. Conversely studies suggest that the abundance of choice has a negative effect on individuals well being and is explained in the presentation 'The Paradox of Choice' by Barry Schwartz
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