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Corridors of Power
Sanjana HattotuwaSenior ResearcherCentre for Policy [email protected]
Future Scenarios
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But what if power relations could be represented through architecture?
Critique from the top: 18th Amendment
Separation of powers: 1972 constitution
The architecture of the 1972 constitution
A model of the 1972 constitution
40+ years, 4 key moments, 4 models, sketches, blueprints, 3D renders
Blueprint for reform
Critical conversations
Lava lamps and constitutional critique?
Think spatially around constitutional power relations
1. Rights2. Government/Executive3. Legislature/Parliament4. Judiciary/Courts5. Principles6. Symbols7. CultureandIdentity8. Elections9. LevelofGovernment10.Independentbodies11.Constitutionalchange
Scoring constitutional power relations
1. Theconstitutionprotectsrights (Scale1-10)2. TheExecutiveisauthoritarianinnatureor
accountabletothepeople (Scale1-10)3. Thepeople’swillisstronglyreflectedinthe
legislature (Scale1-10)4. Thejudiciaryisindependent (Scale1-10)5. Localgovernmentisstrong (Scale1-10)6. Commissionsoperatewithoutanypolitical
interferencefromtheExecutive (Scale1-10)
Visual comparisons of citizen centric perceptions of power
Public spaces that are informed by perceptions of power
Corridors of Power
Sanjana HattotuwaSenior ResearcherCentre for Policy [email protected]
Future Scenarios
