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Guest Lecture
Taubman College of Architecture
and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Course: Politics of Balance, Fall 2024
Instructor: Ana Morcillo Pallares
October 22, 2024
A Alfred Taubman Commons,
University of Michigan
The lecture examines the National Parliament Building of Bangladesh, designed by Architect Louis Kahn. Tracing the historic development of the complex as a parallel to the birth of the nation is followed by an examination of spatial exclusion as a mechanism to hinder democratic practices. Finally, the uprising of Monsoon 2024 and the resultant events that unfolded in the premises of the Jatiyo Shangshad Bhaban also illustrate the futility of such exclusionary practices. The lecture was followed by an engaging discussion further unpacking the intersection of politics and design.