Psarra, Sophia;
(2022)
The embodied competence of institutions: Parliamentary Space and the UK Parliament.
Ardeth
, 2022
(#10.11)
pp. 177-205.
10.17454/ARDETH10-11.11.
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Abstract
This paper explores the connection between the spatial configuration of the UK Houses of Parliament, how the building is perceived by parliament Members, and political culture. It conceptualizes spatial competence as the knowledge that enables and limits users in employing the possibilities space offers for socio-political interaction; and spatial performance as the realization of these possibilities for the exercise of power and negotiation through rules of behaviour and spatial practice. A qualitative approach based on interviews with parliamentarians and a quantitative study of spatial morphology are combined, demonstrating the agency of space in generating a spatial culture of informal interactions akin to the political practices of negotiation and adaptation that define British politics and the institutions of its larger constitutional order. Describing and visualizing the spatial characteristics supporting these institutions is critical for understanding how the upcoming Restoration and Renewal Programme (R&R) of the UK Houses of Parliament can be about restoration as well as renewal.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The embodied competence of institutions: Parliamentary Space and the UK Parliament |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.17454/ARDETH10-11.11 |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ardeth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/So... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178333 |
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