Transposing the Courtyard | Isle of Portland, UK | Unit 21 | 2022

oscar.maguire.15@ucl.ac.uk

Since the 1850s The Courtyard Societies have been accommodated rent free in Burlington House, a grand neo-classical edifice built from Portland Stone, in the heart of London. Recently however the landlord, the UK Government, decided to start charging rent. The rent increases year on year at an unsustainable rate, setting the clock ticking to stay in Burlington House before they must negotiate a deal, find a new home or perish. This project proposes an architectural solution to their problem whereby all five societies occupy a Portland Stone quarry that is beginning to be restored to a natural environment, reversing the historic extraction of material, capital and culture from Portland.

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