The National Mall and Tiananmen Square represent the political ideologies of the respective regimes, as well as act as the symbolic centers of political power in their countries. This part will illustrate how the institution of each government and the political culture of each country are indicated by the formal and spatial language of the two sites.
First, to understand the development of these spaces, one must understand the American and Chinese political regimes. In politics, a régime is the form of government or the set of rules, cultural or social norms, etc. that regulate the operation of a government or institution and its interactions with society[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime]. This system does not necessarily refers to authoritarian …show more content…
system of the government formed its creation and the nomination of the commission members, Senator James McMillan. In May 1900, McMillan introduced a resolution and asked the president to nominate a commission of architects to re-design the Mall and other public spaces in D.C. When the programme launched, it was resisted by the Army Corps of Engineers, who had held executive authority over the Mall since 1867. Eventually, the task that McMillan envisioned was given to the Army engineers, but then the engineers’ plan was seriously opposed by the American Institute of Architects, which had held a convention “to showcase their profession’s most advanced ideas about civic art”[ ] in the same year. After another failed attempt in December 1900 to pass a resolution for the creation of a commission of architects appointed by the president, Senator McMillan convinced the Senate in March 1901 to give him, instead of the President, the authority to form a commission of “experts” to draft a “preliminary plan”for the development of the District. Once finished, the plan would have to be approved by the three separate congressional committees with jurisdiction over parks, buildings, and statues,
First, to understand the development of these spaces, one must understand the American and Chinese political regimes. In politics, a régime is the form of government or the set of rules, cultural or social norms, etc. that regulate the operation of a government or institution and its interactions with society[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime]. This system does not necessarily refers to authoritarian …show more content…
system of the government formed its creation and the nomination of the commission members, Senator James McMillan. In May 1900, McMillan introduced a resolution and asked the president to nominate a commission of architects to re-design the Mall and other public spaces in D.C. When the programme launched, it was resisted by the Army Corps of Engineers, who had held executive authority over the Mall since 1867. Eventually, the task that McMillan envisioned was given to the Army engineers, but then the engineers’ plan was seriously opposed by the American Institute of Architects, which had held a convention “to showcase their profession’s most advanced ideas about civic art”[ ] in the same year. After another failed attempt in December 1900 to pass a resolution for the creation of a commission of architects appointed by the president, Senator McMillan convinced the Senate in March 1901 to give him, instead of the President, the authority to form a commission of “experts” to draft a “preliminary plan”for the development of the District. Once finished, the plan would have to be approved by the three separate congressional committees with jurisdiction over parks, buildings, and statues,