Public v Experts

We've had quite a few emails and comments that two of the final three shortlisted entries are not actual buildings so thought we should give a general responce.

While the main set out of the competition was to design two types of housing - the brief did allow for people to submit their own unique solutions to the problem if they so wished and the judges were given the discretion to choose one of these if they preferred.

Obviously that wasn't the original intent of the project and these types of entry were intended to allow the debate to become more wide ranging but we were very happy to see other kinds of soloution.

Indeed there was a lot of discussion amongst the judges about this and they all agreed initially that they wanted an actual building to be the winner - the results however are what they finally agreed upon.

It is interesting to note that the public vote (to the right) completely disagrees with the "experts" decision and I am intrigued to see who the eventual winner is in public's eyes so we will count the vote at midnight on Monday and see who is the people's champion.

Lighthouse Closed

Some sad news this week as The Lighthouse in Glasgow goes into administration. This unfortunately has an effect on this project as The Lighthouse were to host the main exhibition of the entries next month and were also the projects only funders. Obviously both of these are now dead dodos. We will start looking into other ways of taking it forward. It has been suggested that we maybe set up some kind of small touring exhibition throughout the entire country to allow more people to see and comment on the ideas raised.

If you have a gallery space that would be interested in showing a version of the Common of Houses exhibition then please email info@commonofhouses.co.uk with your ideas. We'd also like to get as many MP's to read and think about the proposals suggest here so why not write to your local MP and tell them to have a look and what your favourite project is.

The winner

The competition has been won by Glasgow based architects Jude Barber and Phil Zoechbauer of Collective Architecture for their winning design “Common Houses” which looks to increase participation in democracy through a network of local assemblies served by re-nationalised railways and ferries'.
[Click here for more info on this entry.]

Runner up two

The second runner up is Sarah Siena Edwards for her design “Ministers Mole Hole” which utilises the underground tunnels of London to create dormitory accommodation for MP’s.

[Click here for more info on this entry.]

Runner up one

The first runner up was Neil McGuire for his design “Redacted Residencies”, which turns Westminster into a museum of Lying and imagines that MP’s expense claims are processed through a computer which creates house designs based on the “honesty” of their claims.

[Click here for more info on this entry]

Drum roll please . . .

Well it appears the AJ have decided to let the cat out of the bag so I guess I'd better reveal who the winning entries were, but first here are some photos of the judges and I having a right good debate.

It was a lot of fun but with such a high quality of entries I didn't envy the judges having to narrow it down to a shortlist let alone choose a winner. Eventually they somehow managed it - though at one point I thought there might end up being 12 winners.

Keiran Long tries to hide behind one of the shortlisted entries
Ken and I play a game of "name that building" Cathy and Crispin looking serious

I'd like to give a big thanks to the judges for taking the time to go through everything in such detail. They really made the whole process seamless and I really enjoyed the discussions. My only regret is that we were really only just getting going when our time ran out.

[All images above are copyright Merlin Fulcher 2009, merlin.fulcher@gmail.com]

Judged

Just returned from London Town and had a really fun day of judging at AJ towers. Mega thanks to all the judges for taking the time to come and give their thoughts in the lively discussion.

I think the judges chose a very interesting shortlist and we will start looking at ways to take the winner forward in some manner. [I guess that means we'd better send it to Prince Charles now for approval!]

The winner will be revealed in a few days and we will also be adding all the entrants names onto the entries so you can see what was by who.

As we said to a few of you by email, you are welcome to still send in your proposals for MP homes - or alternate solutions to the problem. They will be gladly recieved and uploaded to the site and possibly used in the exhibition.

THE COMPETITION WINNER

28/08/09
WINNER
The competition has been won by Glasgow based architects Jude Barber and Phil Zoechbauer of Collective Architecture for their winning design “Common Houses”.

RUNNERS UP
The runners up were Sarah Siena Edwards and Neil McGuire. [Click here for info on the winning entries.]

Entires: A Stable Democracy

ENTRANT
Niall Gallacher & Jordan Hodgson

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
The Honourable Member?
The expenses scandal is just the latest brush to tar the image of the Member of Parliament. A role that should be seen as the embodi­ment of distinguished integrity has instead come to seem dull and dishonourable, populated by bureaucrats too often hidden behind darkened car windows or administrative redacts. Likewise, the act of traveling across the country to convene at Parliament has lost its significance in the public imagination, and now, in the wake of the Great Second Home Swindle, not even the constitu­ency home-cum-hide-out remains off limits to media scrutiny of the fitness-for-purpose of the modern MP.

All told, a renovation is in order—to re-establish a fitting public profile, to streamline the expenses lifestyle and to remove the prob­lem of the static second home—and all on a shoe-string budget. Our proposal takes an old idea and reinvents it as a thoroughly 21st century solution - a home-from-home, mobile office, campaign wagon and civic emblem all harnessed together under the cost-effective and ecological reins of old-fashioned British horse power.

The Constituency Carriage
The proposal does away with the second home and in its place provides the RHoMPER (Right Honourable Mobile Parlia­mentary Engagement Resource) as an instant extension to the candidate's existing home, better equipping it for the life of an Honourable Member. From here, the RHoMPER maybe deployed locally as a mobile office (no more controversial sub-lets), a drop-in constituency consultation suite or a low-carbon campaign bandwagon.
Propriety and trust-worthiness come as standard: classed as a vehicle rather than a residence and resplendent with inte­grated fixtures and fittings, the RHoMPER removes the temptation of the tax rouse or the lavish interior redesign.
When London calls, the horse-drawn-home passes through its constituency streets, elevating the civic significance of the journey to the capital, and on to the train station where a new piece of rolling stock, added to any existing train service, transports Member, Horse and Home in appropriate style.
The design of the RHoMPER is a crossbreed of ceremonial and functional, of old and new, intended to best serve the complex demands faced by today's Honourable Member.

The Trailer Palace of Westminster
At Westminster, the RHoMPERs are accommodated in a grand 'trailer park', a layered landscape that expresses the confluence of representatives from across the nations. Spiraling across Parliament Square, New Palace Yard and the Palace itself, this high-rise of mobile homes stands as a kind of living monu­ment, open and interleaved, against the enclosed and exclusive nature of the existing political compound.
Inhabitation of the Trailer Palace is unreserved, non-hierarchi­cal and non-partisan, with spaces occupied or vacated by the comings and goings of the Members. Over time territories may form, the wagons may be circled according to allegiance, but with each arrival or departure the pieces must be moved. This temporary and variable system celebrates change and interac­tion ahead of the fixed and confrontational layout notorious of the House of Commons itself.
With the RHoMPER parked and the horse unbridled, the Member can take full advantage of their home-from-home, bomb-proof and beautiful. At street level, a new ceremonial gateway fuses security apparatus with equine iconography and marks the advent of this new way of life for the Right Honour­able Member of Parliament.

Entries: Pie in the sky

ENTRANT
Simon Gould - http://www.mitchelltaylorworkshop.co.uk/

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
An architectural game of politics. Take your pods and journey into a real future of spur of the moment decisions. The first rule is corruption. The second rule is repentance. The third rule is eviction. Win yourself a swimming poolwith a view or face your fate against the sharks.

Entries: Bicamera House

ENTRANT
Pablo R. Garcia

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
Any parliamentary representative by definition lives two lives: as a Minister of Parliament and as a member of a constituency. The expenses scandal underscores the inherent problems in maintaining two lives. A minister must be responsible for duties in Westminster and to the constituents back home.

With recent advances in communication technologies, the MP expenses scandal highlights the unnecessary and at times absurd requirement that an MP ever reside in their constituency. The real issue is not the abuse of expenses, but the redundancy of paying for two places of residence. An MP speaks for their constituents in Parliament, but an MP speaks to their constituents through television. Physical presence in a constituency is no longer required to govern effectively.

This project proposes a reorganization of residential and representative priorities. All MPs will live in Westminster. Ministers live in common housing by county. Larger counties acquire larger buildings to renovate into Minister Housing, allocating approximately 150 square meters per MP. Within their spaces, the Ministers have both office and personal space. The office space is defined by two webcams perpetually focused on the MP at work. One webcam is the “constituency” camera, with a backdrop representative of their constituency; the other is the “Westminster” camera, creating an image of ministerial authority. Rather than a mere backdrop, the spaces are authentic and full three dimensional scenes, carving out space in the residence to work as a public servant and visible figure.

In this organizational strategy, the MPs are fully conscious of the public’s ability to view them at work. Occupying the projection cone of the camera means that the Minister is visible to both MPs and their electorate. Private spaces (toilet, bed, etc.) are spaces that occur outside the bicameral cones. As MPs are living together within a unit, the planning of private spaces are forced to exist around the workspace of the webcam view. In the new scheme, traditional notions of domestic public and private transform to private space and space owned by the public.

Entries: MPAD - Parliament Quarter

ENTRANT
Stephen Paul Ferguson

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
Situated within the newly created parliament quarter, the M:Pads finally provide a solution to accommodating those who are responsible for the running our country with an M:Pad apartment, an MP has an equal status with his colleagues, no need for stately homes or moats, each room would be comfortable, yet economical with a double bed, desk & office space, ensuite & access to communal & private rooms on the ground floor. The public will have restricted access to the building assuring that a more honest transparent system is in place without compromising on security of the occupants when parliament retires for the summers, the serviced apartments are free to be reserved for the general public allowing for extra revenue.

The appearance is striking due to its colour co-ordinated facade which gives a demographic illustration of how many of which part are in residency, These colours car be interchanged easily in the part colours Green technology ensures the M:Pads will be a case precedent for further advances in sustainable housing.

Entries: Common Houses

WINNER

ENTRANT
Jude Barber/ Phil Zoechbauer
http://www.collectivearchitecture.co.uk/

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
Our proposal questions the need for 1st and 2nd MP's homes. With the Gap between rich and poor widening, political disenchantment increasing and public ownership diminishment the MPS expenses fiasco scratches at the surface of our political crisis. Our proposal reinforces the need for elected representatives to live and govern with their local area.

It suggests that we create local places of assembly for debate, protest, discussion and action. The local and regional assemblies would be connected by a renationalised transport network of rail + ferry Westminster would cease to exist in its current form. Elected representatives would greater reflect the population (Young people, elderly, etc.)

Entries: Bob

ENTRANT
Joseph R Huddleston

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

A self contained modular floating pod with easily maintained amenities suitable for one or more nights accommodation.
Each pod comes equipped with bed, work station, storage, self contained bathroom, cooking facilities and panoramic views or the Thames/Houses of Parliament.
Further pods can be docked as required depending on occupancy required. Integrated amenities mean pods can be easily turned around after check out at a low and ‘public conscious’ cost.
As well as sleeping pods there could be communal pods such as bar, research centre and even remote franchises supplying those working into the small hours with coffee and snacks.

Entries: Visible signs of democracy

ENTRANT
Ian Ritson - www.ianritson.co.uk

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

The building would be a tower, at Park level the building would have new facilities open to the public, above this can course woulf be the MP's apartments. The roof of the concourse could be a private garden for MP's to escape to get some peace and quiet.

Above the MP's apartments would be a bew museum dedicated to democraxy.

The museum of democracy would watch over our hard working MP's. At night its glass structure would shine out like a beacon to remind us all that democracy must be our guiding principle.

My concept for the constituency is for a constituency centre, like an embassy it should be a visivle presence in the community.

Entries: Constituency Hub

ENTRANT
Harry Leung

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
The idea is to encourage engagement between the public and MP through 3 strategies: Good location for easy accessibility, combining place for work, public and family, and giving priorities to the local communities. The strategies can be adopted to constituencies around UK; the building form varies for different site/ locations. The submission shows a constituency hub in central Manchester as an example.

Entries: YE OLDE MP’S 1ST HOME/2ND HOME FUSHION SOLUTION

ENTRANT
Hakon Folleso

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
Luxuriously refurbished amphibious vehicle fitted with the latest in green technology ensures that the mp is free to move between his /her home constituency and Westminster without the need for 2 separate homes or the expensive and polluting means of transport this entails.

Entries: Need vs Want

ENTRANT
Gavin Johnston/ Scott Jordan

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

We are proposed two new forms of MP housing one will be public funded and the other at MPs expense MPs are paid a wage the same as everyone else so they can buy which ever house they wish for their moeny and can retrofit it with moats and duck houses at their discretion. However, this should cause no expense to the tax pater.

We have designed a building which would be situated on the River Thames, a simple design for a two storey apartment which would be shared amongst four MP's allowing them to live in the citt of London. The design can be easily manufactured, cutting cost to the tax payers one off payment to keep their MP's in housing. We have tried to design in a sustainale way, using thermal mass to stire natural heat from the sun, using renewable green energies again cutting the cost to the tax pater. Using water turbines submerged in the Thanmes electrcity could be produced to heat the buildings hot water, again cutting cost...

Where the first of our designs is at a cost to the MP and luxury is at their discretion, the London housing should be simple and minimal cost to tax payers; The idea of communal living would act as a gesture to the public that the MP's are doing their best to cut the cost of their living ecpenses.

Entries: Home is where you hang your MPad

ENTRANT
Shilpashree Balaram

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

We, as citizens of the UK have a duty to our MP's we elect them and entrust them with making decisions in our best interests. But we are failing them. We provide them with positions of power and leading role in the public eye and then we let them claim £21,481 towards a second home and 55p for a kit kat. To address this present flaw in the system, we propose a unique solution, the MPad. The MPad consist of lightweight foldable panels that provide rigidity to the structure and it is encased in a tensile membrane which also doubles up as a bag to carry the panels, suction pads and rope ladder for easy transport.

MPads can be customised to reflect individual taste. They are designed to provide a good resistance workout whilst carrying, improve agility and flexibility and hand-to-eye coordination, each aspect of the installation process complies with health and safety regulations for assembly by one person (minimum fitness level required).

The MPads can be attached to a variety of surfaces such as trees, bridges and government buildings, provided it does not put the public at risk. MPads can also be attached to the internal and external facades of the Houses of Parliament, depending on each MP's preference and weather conditions.

Finally, once an MP has completed his term, his is allowed to keep his customised MPad for the use of family and friends.

We believe that MPads will not only solve the second home debate and promote green living, it will also improve the overall health of MP's most importantly, we also strongly suspect than no one will begrudge the hardworking MP his 55p kitkat.

Entires: The Commons Bridge

ENTRANT
Charles Lloyd Mashburn Jr

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
The Commons Bridge is designed from the past, present, and future elements of its surroundings. The conceptual idea for this design is derived from the characteristics of the site, context, form, modularity, and sustainability. These components influenced the creative process within the designs purpose. The outcome of the process has revealed a structure that merges these conceptual ideas into an overall design for the House of Commons.

The specifics and appraisal of the cite reveal a density of urban dwellings and population. The density of the surrounding city restricted the site selection. Therefore, the Thames River was selected as the site due to its proximity to the Parliament. The Parliament and its surrounding environment give context that spans the ages revealing multiple influences.

The Parliament's floor plan for the House of Lords and the House of Commons was the origin from which the form manifested. The Houses in Parliament are anchored by a grand hall. The metaphor of this form is translated into The Commons Bridge through the two bridge towers on the East and West banks. These towers spend that Thames River and will anchor the elevated walkways.

The Thames River provides a unique method of transportation in the assembly process. The modular design exudes progression of the various construction methods used in the urban environment. The proposed modular housing units are to be constructed off site and shipped by barge down the river to the assembly location. The modular units encompass a 20 x 20 square foot area and consist of a kitchen, living, bath and bedroom. The structure can accommodate 200 units with room for possible expansion. The modular units delivery system was a conceptual idea of sustainability that promotes construction in an environmentally conscience manor. The green areas will use grey water and the water turbines will produce sustainable energy.

The concept of The Commons Bridge answers the questions posed by the need for a new housing solution for the ministers of the House of Commons. The conceptual design will ripen within the surrounding environment and mature throughout the longevity of its life cycle. The bridge will become an appendage of the existing Parliament building and become a staple in symbolizing the minister's connection between home and work.

Entries: Mobile Democracy

ENTRANT
Baharash Bagherian Studio - www.baharash.com

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

Mobile democracy redefines the meaning of parliament - not as a singular place where MP's meet and debate, but rather as a series of hubs connected by a sophisticated network of routes. These routes are designed to reach and engage all communities throughout the country. Using a similar system to a bus network and a journey planner - a person can find their nearest "MP's bus stop", arrival and departure times, and an agenda for discussions.

Besides promoting a more active and politically - engaged society, "mobile democracy" is also an economical and environmentally friendly solution for housing MP's and their families. Using recycled route-masters, "The Mobile Hub" can be furnished to provide the necessary amenities for its occupant(s). The engine is replaced for a "greener" alternative, and the solar panels provide the hub's daily use of power.

MP's no longer need to spend their days sitting in a chamber , or claiming expenses for accommodation. Instead, they use the "The Mobile Democracy" to bring politics close to people's doorsteps.

Entries: Panopticon Garden

ENTRANT
Anna Gibb
www2.rgu.ac.uk/sss/edinburgh/ANNA_GIBB.html

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

There has been a parliament in Westminster since approx. 1000BC. The site was originally on an island, called "Thorney Island", which was formed by two branches of the river Tyburn and the Thames. The river was later covered over and now forms an underground sewer.

Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament have always sat at the heart of Westminster. The surrounding area is rich in green parks and gardens. Right at the centre, to the south of Westminster Abbey, is the oldest garden in England, College Garden. In the 1593 map, we can see the buildings which were the predecessors to the current Palace of Westminster [19th Century], and adjacent to this is a riverfront garden. In the 1775 map, this garden area has been built upon extensively and rather densely. This is continually shown until the 1897 map which shows that a new garden has been created, adjacent to Pugin's new parliament. Nowadays, this whole slither of land belongs to the Victoria Tower gardens.

As the land has now been reclaimed to its original purpose of a garden, and in our current economy of environmental consciousness, it it only right that this land is put to use. How can the MPs "dig themselves" out of their situation and regain trust from society? Why, by tending to this land and growing produce to sell locally to the masses.

The garden will house new accommodation for the MPs. This housing, without hierarchy, will be environmentally and economically sustainable. Maps from the 19th century show a prison just to the south of the site, namely Millbank Penitentiary. This prison was built on the model of a "panopticon." Whereby, the guard would be located in a tower in the middle of the plan and the prisoners around around the edge. This meant that the guard could keep an eye on everyone at once, and that te prisoners felt as though they were constantly being watched. This prison only lasted a century before it was demolished, but could be seen as an appropriate model to use in this situation.

The new accommodation towers for the MPs will be arranged in the garden around a central tower. This will house the MP's with the greatest authority and members of the Treasury, thereby keeping a watchful eye over those tempted to stray and perhaps built a rather extravagant balcony to his/ her otherwise generic apartment. These towers will be constructed of used shipping containers, a by product of industry but a fantastically sustainable and inexpensive means of building.

The location of the new accommodation also acts as a panopticon in a wider sense. This central core of MP's will be watched over by many different members of society, adding an entirely new dimension to the London Eye experience.

Entries: Living Container

ENTRANT
Alisa Akrabo

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
Idea is to provide a cheap and max comfortable house for mp. Each small house is made from 2 containers (2,5x2,5x6m). But small containers are functionaly divided and thus have 2,5 floors. On the first floor are placed bathroom, kitchen and living room; on the second floor are office room and roof terrace; on the third half-floor is placed sleeping place-bed.

Why exactely containers? Because that is the way mp can show people on theirown experience how to be economic. Recycling used objects is very modern, so why main people in the country could not show their exampe of caring about the nature and money in world crysis time?

Container houses can be placed anywhere, for example near westmisnter square freely on the green grass. Mps can create theirown way to put containers together, probably, making groups like oppositions and coalitions in parlament job. House can be placed even on the roof of existing building,if mp desires.
Container’s interior doesn’t have a lot of comfort(such as billiard, swimming pool,5 bedrooms and big library)- these are reasons why mp should stay fit, and do not spend a lot of time at home: visitting city libraries, social swimming pools, and absolutely working better.

Entries: Parliament Squared

ENTRANT
Adam Holland and James Palmer

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
Our Proposal for a residential complex for Westminster MP's is sited in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament. Once of the reasons the expenses scandal angered the public so much was the lack of transparency in the way MP's spent tax payer's money. The public had no idea what MP's were doing with our money. It appears that MP's know an awful lot about our lives - CCTV, ID Cards, tax information, spying on our every move. Our proposal aims to reverse this situation and create an architecture that allows the public intimate access to the lives of MP's through the design of the residential complex.

Parliament Square is turned into a new public space, where it is envisaged that the public will carry out demonstration and protests. The residential complex is directly beneath this square and as such, becomes the roof of the new building. Roles are reversed - MP's, traditionally seen in society as above the public now live beneath them with the public walking over their heads in protest. Cuts are made in the surface of the newly formed Parliament Square that gives views down into the living quarters of the MP's. The public are able to see exactly what MP's get up to after hours. Further more, acoustic pipes, embedded in the structure bring sound up from below the building and allow the public to eavesdrop on conversation happening below.

The structure is seen as a large 10 storey cube housing 646 individual rooms for all the MP's. The nature of the structure is a honeycomb maze of internal and external spaces, interlocking throughout the building's 10 stores. The public are allowed access to the all the external spaces while the MP's space, with neither group allowed to cross into the others territory.

Each political party is allocated a region of the building and a number of rooms, which is dependant on the number of seats they hold in parliament. It has been said that politics is like a game of chess, with each party competing for position. As politics is not static and every five years a general election changes their number of seats a party holds, so this changes the number of rooms and amount of spaces each party holds in the residential complex. Due to the grid like plan of the building, every 5 years the building can be reconfigured to reflect these changes in the parties. Like in chess when a piece is taken, so a room can be taken from one party by another. Each party is fighting for dominance over the over the building.

Entries: Redacted Residences

RUNNER UP
ENTRANT
Neil McGuire - www.afterthenews.co.uk

EXPLANATION OF IDEA

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us, then we can shape them again on an ongoing basis using bio-engineered material, and so on..." Winston Churchill (sort of)

Thus Proposal is based on the following principles:

• That honesty and integrity should be recognised
• That buildings can influence the behaviour of those living and working in them
• That we need more frequent means of feedback and interaction with our elected representatives than the usual "once every four years" flurry of activity.
• That Parliament needs to come to the people

Redacted Residences works in the following way:

Our proposed starting point for the design of each MP's constituency residence is their expenses claim (1) from the previous year. Using augmented reality (2) and optical character recognition (ocr) (3) technology this expense claim would be placed in front of a camera attached to a computer.

This computer would process the redacted areas (black squares) and the words left on the sheet, and using a bespoke architectural programme based on the principle of "disproportional representation", create a 3D model of their proposed residence. The disproportional representation algorithm would basically interpret large areas of black as being less honest, and the optical character recognition would identity words on the sheet and scan them against a database for their honesty and integrity (ie the words "moat" or "Diamond encrusted satellite dish" would be given low integrity rating).

No design generated by this programme would be "bad", bu MP's prone to lavish lifestyles would be me with a much simpler and more austere residence, and conversely, those deemed more honest by the generative architectural software, would be rewarded with a bigger more lavishly appointed constituency home. All designs generated by this programme would be design to the principles of "affordance" as proposed by psychologist James, J. Gibons and later appropriated by Donald Norman, whereby they promote positive "action possibilities" latent in the environment. (4)

Where possible the constituency residences would be built with bio-engineered materials which could be connected to the web and respond to a forum where constituents could comment on their MP's performance, and this would be reflected in the improvement or diminishing in quality of their spaces, fixtures and finishes, depending on feedback.

Part two of the proposal suggests that Westminster should be abandoned, and Parliament should become a mobile event, taking place in the village halls and community centres. The abandoned Houses of Parliament would be given over to a new National Museum of Lying.

1. http://mpsallowances.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffices/hocallwances/allowances-by-mp/

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented reality

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance

NOTE: The images of buildings feature in this proposal are rough approximations collaged from found existing building designs, and their purpose is purely to the show the concept and approach - not to advocate these specific designs. (Apologies to the designers of the kiosk domies toen which I have bastardised). If exhibited, it would also probably be possible, given a little time, to generate a primitive working prototype. I would also look to update some of the images which are currently low -res.

Entries: 1 up 1 down

ENTRANT
Lawrie Simonson - www.artindustry.co.uk

EXPLANATION OF IDEA
This residence combines durability and affordability and saves on traveling costs, convenient for that late flip, one only has to disassembly the shed, quickly load into a white van. Unfortunately there is no inside toilets (buckets provided) the contents can then be recycled on to the street pavement after 2 am. Accesses to your constituency home by sliding down the scaffolding.

This constituency home benefits form having some out side buildings and an outside toilet plus a tree house. The tree house is a great place to have parties or a weekend hideaway or to put up guests who want to stay over.

This skyscraper penthouses prestigious apartment development is most suitable for the MP who needs to get to his golf club practice range at short notice and easy access to either his Westminster home or constituency residence, this is achieved by a walkway, no traffic problems here an plenty of clean air and no taxi fumes to contend with. The walkway is fully retractable and can be extended to whatever distance is required (max distance 17 miles).