Projektnummer

0061824

Zusammenfassung

In the first decade following the creation of Pakistan, the government embarked on a series of architectural and urban design projects as tokens of new Pakistani nationalism based on religion and democracy. When General Ayub Khan assumed power and reformed the country's public administration to secure his despotic regime, two different types of architectural projects were born: i) new administrative centers to reify centralized state power; and ii) rural and community development agencies, training centers, education institutes and grass roots democratic institutions. Through these pro...