CAPIThetical Design Competition

The CAPIThetical design competition will form the basis for DAB810 design submission. The copetition bis basically looking at the following points.

• Would you build a new capital today or could the Australian Federation be expressed in a different way?
• Would it be a city in the conventional sense or not? If not, what form might it take?
• What ideas would drive its design and development?
• How would 21st century social, political and environmental factors influence the nature of the city?
• Of what should our national capital consist?

These pose some interesting questions, I don't think that i would create a new capital for Australia because of the history and identity that Canberra has already created. One point that i would look at though is the environmental factors of the city, I think that the capital should be at the forefront of environmental design and technology for australia and really forge a path in design for other australian cites to follow.