GLOBAL VILLAGE 1971 Architecture as a social instrument.
The global village was designed to rehabilitate young people by engaging them in self-governing—experience expected to instruct what civil coexistence entails. The interior is designed to encourage social interactions. At the core of the bubble is the elevator shaft surrounded by communal washrooms. The outer ramp houses the sleeping units, all single occupancy, the ramp connected to the central floors by bridges. In the hours between or after classes, a resident from any point on the spiraling ramp would know by sight or sound where the action is taking place and could join the activities or seek privacy on some other level.
Although an institution would administer the village and run a regular school, the residents would select their own governors annually, who would preside over mandatory meetings, hear voiced opinions (not complaints), and encourage experimentation, every change in existing codes of behavior and the means of their implementation affirmed by vote of those present. In an open forum residents would have equal say in all social matters, witness how their decisions work, and so gain awareness of democratic principles. It is expected that having participated in decision-making and witnessed disruptive behavior, most would grasp the value of cooperation, commitment, and tolerance—tools effective in counteracting intimidation, repression, and abuse, and prepare individuals to function in a larger society.
The global village was designed to rehabilitate young people by engaging them in self-governing—experience expected to instruct what civil coexistence entails. The interior is designed to encourage social interactions. At the core of the bubble is the elevator shaft surrounded by communal washrooms. The outer ramp houses the sleeping units, all single occupancy, the ramp connected to the central floors by bridges. In the hours between or after classes, a resident from any point on the spiraling ramp would know by sight or sound where the action is taking place and could join the activities or seek privacy on some other level.
Although an institution would administer the village and run a regular school, the residents would select their own governors annually, who would preside over mandatory meetings, hear voiced opinions (not complaints), and encourage experimentation, every change in existing codes of behavior and the means of their implementation affirmed by vote of those present. In an open forum residents would have equal say in all social matters, witness how their decisions work, and so gain awareness of democratic principles. It is expected that having participated in decision-making and witnessed disruptive behavior, most would grasp the value of cooperation, commitment, and tolerance—tools effective in counteracting intimidation, repression, and abuse, and prepare individuals to function in a larger society.