Design, dignity and due process: The construction of the coffs harbour courthouse

Rowden, E; Jones, D

Design, dignity and due process: The construction of the coffs harbour courthouse

Rowden, E

Jones, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2018, 14 (2), pp. 317 - 336
Issue Date:: 2018-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rowden, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9237-600X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jones, D	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2018, 14 (2), pp. 317 - 336	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1743-8721	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129368
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 The Author(s) 2015. The discourse around the merit of public architecture often depicts the architect as having complete autonomy over its design. This belies the constraints placed upon creative solutions by design briefs or the intense negotiations between the State, the architect and the various stakeholders involved in the construction process. Through a case study examining the construction of a courthouse, we demonstrate the difficulties in pursuing improvements to the phenomenological experience of justice within these constraints. It reveals the need for architectural knowledge to be shared for the common good in order to resist practices that replicate existing conditions and inhibit innovation.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Law, Culture and the Humanities	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1743872115612954	en_US
dc.title	Design, dignity and due process: The construction of the coffs harbour courthouse	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
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© 2018 The Author(s) 2015. The discourse around the merit of public architecture often depicts the architect as having complete autonomy over its design. This belies the constraints placed upon creative solutions by design briefs or the intense negotiations between the State, the architect and the various stakeholders involved in the construction process. Through a case study examining the construction of a courthouse, we demonstrate the difficulties in pursuing improvements to the phenomenological experience of justice within these constraints. It reveals the need for architectural knowledge to be shared for the common good in order to resist practices that replicate existing conditions and inhibit innovation.

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