James Cook Y4
Pop-up Parliament: House of Commons & Iron Foundry. Parliament aims to deliver a temporary House of Commons facilities for MP’s during the extensive refurbishment plan to the deteriorated fabric of The Palace of Westminster. My proposal is a critical constituent in the manufacturing of a modern government.
The design re-uses and manipulates waste bi-products and building technologies conceived as part of the historic palace and its renovation programme. For example the requirement for an on-site foundry to equally facilitate the temporary building construction and repairs of the historic cast iron roof.
The design visuals are a critique on the political muralism of historic paintings of Parliament that reveal the disparities and social injustices between MP’s and the general public. The murals exclude in certain areas the workforce working in the background necessary to sustain a particular culture that MP’s have acclimatized to.
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