Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Architectural Fiction # 1: Flexible security

This fiction was contributed to by 7 students.

The year is 2020 and a political uprising has seen the current government fall.  A riot takes place at the newly designed Parliament House, but...
The roit police have no place in which to gather and distribute weapons.  They use the house of representatives chamber instead...
Secret goverment pacts have been formed since the 2015 riots and th parliament house has been prepared and forified for such an occasion.  Chairs can double as riot shields, wall hangings house weapons, and desk mikes can be connected to military frequencies.  Code orange is called and the form of the parliament building starts to transform...
The rioters become too violent and all members decide to take the secret pathways that lead to the ...
Next closest town where officials gather the population to combat the riots from the behind...
Meanwhile, back at parliament house the building transformation to protective modee is complete.  Barriers have emerged from pavement areas to form a protective barrier, external coverings have closed off all windows and...
Erected a super-bunker, completely removed from its public.  A new parliamentary structure emerges from the motions of the people- how will they addresss teh severe isolation that this symbolic structure has taken on?


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