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<div>Parliament is the space where politics literally takes shape.
Here, collective decisions take form in a specific setting where
relationships between political actors are organized through
architecture. The architecture of spaces of political congregation is
not only an expression of a political culture, it also shapes this
culture.<br>
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<div>Since 2010, architecture office<b> XML</b> has researched the
architecture of spaces of political congregation. This website is the
virtual counterpart to the book 'Parliament' that is one of the
outcomes of this research. The book explores the double-sided
relationship between space and politics by documenting and comparing
the plenary halls of the parliaments of all 193 United Nations member
states. Almost like a manual archive, the book documents the rooms in
the same style and scale and also provides key data and the assembly
hall's location within the larger parliament building. Organized as
a lexicon, the book allows comparison of all 193 national parliaments
in the world.</div>
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<div>http://www.parliamentbook.com/spaces</div>
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