Italian Government Without Politicians!

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/montis-italian-government-named-14962293#.TsQyAbImx8E

On the news this morning, the Italian Government has sworn in a new cabinet, Italy has sworn in professionals and not politicians to save the countries impending financial crisis. Although this is not exactly how our group planned it to be, it is very very close. Below I've pasted some comments about how Australian people feel about the above article.


"What a brilliant move. We should do that here. While Congress and the President lurch toward another impasse over the budget ceiling, when they not busy enriching themselves with insider trades, we should follow Italy's lead. The vast majority of people in serving on the Hill are lawyers - they are trained to argue and win points. This is why we are gridlocked. They are not trained to govern or deal with economic issues. I both applaud and envy the Italians"

"Wow, no politcians in Monti's new cabinet. And focusing on economic growth. What a bold move! He will go far in fixing italy's economic problems. Wish we have someone like him in AUS to take charge of our problems. Maybe our two party political system is one of the barriers of getting things done! "

Even though, the assignment is over, I thought this was interesting and would post it up anyway out of general interest.

Project Reflection

Following on from our first project, we realized our ideas weren't fully resolved and modified them slightly. It took me most part of the project to actually find the path I wanted to take to resolve the issues I had. I ended up pursuing a path of resolving the problems without a building, which I thought about and reconsidered several times, but came to the conclusion that if i did design some kind of building or structure that, I would be doing it just for the sake of doing it and not because it was actually necessary in my design resolution.
Overall I have to say, this last project has been the most complex I have experienced to date, which challenged me in various ways, and also allowed me to think and view design from a digital perspective.

Thank you to all of those that helped me along this process, Yasu, my peers and most of all DaVor.

Presentation Reflection

So I got a very mixed response from my tutor and the guest critiques. The guest critiques both agreed that I did not have a "design" to critique, which in some ways is fair as my design is closely tied in with the virtual aspect. However, their opinion on my idea/concept to improve relations between the parliament and population would have been more helpful. But part of me also thinks that maybe they did not fully understand my concept, as if I were to redesign a bus or train terminal (as they suggested I should have done) then the feasibility and implementation of my design would disappear, as one of my main foci was for my concept to to placed throughout Australia with ease and affordability.
My tutor however, who understood where I started and what my idea was in my opinion was happy with my design and concept. He did tell me areas in which I could have pushed my design a little further and also stated that my model maybe took away from my concept, due to its size. Which I completely agree with, I too discovered the same issue which is why I tried to illuminate my model to draw attention to my particular idea. However as can be seen below, its much more effective at night than in the day.

Panel

Response to CRA

• Infrastructure
• 1. Strategy: The basis of my design revolves around utilizing existing walls and floors, as well as digital resources such as the National Broadband Network.
     
     
     
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      Logistics: Adaptability is another strong point of my solution. Because the system i am proposing and implementing is like a projector with a camera, it's mainly dependent on the software which runs it. This makes my concept extremely adaptable to future endeavors.
     
     
• Tectonic Resolution
• 1. Purpose and Function: The success of using projector screens to provide government news as well as local information easily to the public solves several issues theoretically. However if the public would actually use the screens in a different story, which can only be tested with practical use.
     
     
  2. Circulation and Access: Because this idea can be applied in almost every situations from public transport terminals, to parks, or shopping  centers, its easily accessed by the public. Because of its implementation in lower socioeconomic areas, the technology and use of it is not limited to anyone in particular.
     
  3. Structural and/or Operational Integrity: Because my idea is based on existing technology which has been used and tested, the integrity and operation of my idea is sound.
     
     
     
     
• Poetic Resolution
• 1. Presence and Identity: The presence of my concept and idea is meant to be be discreet and pose little impact on the physical environment, unless they are in use. Public displays and implementation are there to draw the public's attention and make them aware of the idea.
     
     
  2. User Experience: The design of the user interface has designed to be similar to those that people are already used to, as well as being simple and easy to use.
     
     
     
     

Distributed, Flexible, Mobile, Virtual

 

The above image, is me checking to see the ties and relations my idea/concept has towards the 4 themes, and seeing which ones it relates and fits into. I found that, to achieve the theme that I am in (distributed) it heavily relies on its connection to the virtual realm and that the flexibility of my concept is vital to its success and feasibility.

Quick Render

Above is a quick render to help understand the implementation of my idea showing the areas that it can be used and the various surfaces it can be used on.