(Il)legible game of connotations?
Comments on the representation of justice in architecture
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(Il)legible game of connotations?
Comments on the representation of justice in architecture
Publication date: 07.03.2016
Technical Transactions, 2015, Architecture Issue 9-A (15) 2015, pp. 121-127
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(Il)legible game of connotations?
Comments on the representation of justice in architecture
The facades of palaces of justice (not always intentionally) reflect the meaning attributed to those buildings. Judicial pride aims to immortalize power, administrative efficiency and humanistic openness here gains a specific expression. Despite the fact that justice procedures seem difficult and obscure, one of the fundamental principles of a fair trial is the principle of democratic transparency of proceedings, embodied strongly in the architecture of constitutional courts.
Information: Technical Transactions, 2015, Architecture Issue 9-A (15) 2015, pp. 121-127
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(Il)legible game of connotations?
Comments on the representation of justice in architecture
(Il)legible game of connotations?
Comments on the representation of justice in architecture
Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology
Published at: 07.03.2016
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