CASE STUDIES
Parliament Buildings in Asia
Each case will be an in-depth research to be published as articles in peer review journals. This will be a systematic study applying, a historical context, the decision-making process in the design of the parliament building, and the building itself; all through the frame of the process of transfer and appropriation. All are intertwined and will be studied concurrently.
(See Research section for further information)
TOKYO
The National Diet Building (Kokkai-gijidō) was completed in 1936 in a classical style designed by Watanabe Fukuzo (with additions). The main building hosts the House of Representatives (Shūgiin) and the House of Councilors (Sangiin) both have semi-circle assembly halls.
BEIJING
The Great Hall of the People was completed in 1959 in a combination of Chinese, Soviet and classical styles designed by Zhang Bo. The unicameral National People’s Congress has a classroom assembly hall.
JAKARTA
The main building of DPR/MPR Building complex was completed in 1968. Originally commissioned as a modern alternative style for a new Conference of New Emerging Forces (CONEFO) designed by Indonesian architect Soejoedi Wirjoatmodjo. Following a coup in 1965, the main building (Nusantara) was adapted as a bicameral legislature with a classroom assembly hall.
SINGAPORE
Parliament House was completed in 1999 in a classical and local style designed by the Singapore Public Works Department. The unicameral Parliament has an opposing benches assembly hall.