29.11.09

Religion and the Built Environment


Today, in a national referendum, Switzlerland voted to ban the building of minarets:

1) What role does religion play in the built environment?
2) Should the urban realm adopt a seperation from religion such as the French state sperates religion and education? - What sort of city-scape would this create?
3) Do religious buildings bring about problems of exclusion?...
4) ...or do religious buildings aid inclusion and an essence on conviviality?...