Spatial Switch

For my final project in year 2 of my course the brief was to design a structure for the 'Airplot' ( the piece of the land Greenpeace have bought right in the middle of where BAA plans to construct a third runway). The structure's purpose is to be able to defend and protect Greenpeace activists living in the site whilst having a strong impact and obstructing the progress of a third runway
The Brief we were set was also a Public competition, so a few of us in my studio submitted A1 boards as its a great opportunity to possibly get involved and noticed.
The caption on my board describing my proposal read:

''An open shelter immersed within nature posessing the ability during times of conflict to rise
up and protect itself. Four ground planes remodel into four protective walls enclosing the
shelter, transforming it into a safehaven for Greenpeace protestors.
With a canopy of growth overhead supporting insect life and attracting wildlife, Spatial Switch
welcomes people to join the protest against the expansion of Heathrow with the guarantee
of safety from eviction''.

This visualisation represents the structure in its defensive mode.