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ition. Above this are galleries in which the public and press sit [76] , and in turn above the whole debating chamber is the roof, supported by structure of laminated oak beams joined by 112 different stainless steel connectors which in turn are suspended on steel rods from the walls, the connectors of which were fabricated by welders for Scotland’s steel industry [77] . Unlike Westminster, the Scottish debating chamber has windows to ‘the outside world’ [78] encouraging links to the Scottish people and geology and discouraging the idea of parliament as being in ‘a world of its own’.

 

The tower buildings are characterised by the curvature of their roofs, like upturned boats [79] . They house the public entrance and the committee rooms as well as the press rooms and other functions [80] . The committee rooms are said to recall the religious architecture of Le Corbusier and the Baroque [81] . An interesting feature about the committee rooms is that they contain many glazed sections and so can be viewed from many angles, not to act as surveillance, but as connection with the proceedings inside and out and to aid choice, so that someone can see who is in a room before entering [82] .

 

The MSP office building is connected to the tower buildings by the lobby at the western end of the complex, it is between four and six storeys high and houses offices for each MSP and two staff creating 108 cave like spaces resulting in a planning that is more classical that modern [83] . Each office houses a ‘Think pod’ window box with a view of the Salisbury Crags and city to aid inspiration and courage in the MSP’s that use them [84] . Each has external ‘twigs’ that screen from the sun and onlookers [85] .

 

The garden side facade of the MSP office building is the most complex. ‘Broken up into the smallest fractural dimensions as horizontal and vertical windows set up in a staccato rhythm while giant drainpipes play the diagonal’ [86] . There is a notion that in a large building the system should not dominate over the individual. The small scale is right for democratic institutes.

 

The surrounding landscape creates a place for people to gather as a force [87] . The Scottish people can collect on the soft turfed planes of the shallow amphitheatre which reflect the gentle curves of the debating chamber and express themselves as one voice amongst the indigenous Scottish wildflowers and plants that cover much of the area.

 

The garden lobby is at the centre of the complex and connects the debating chamber, committee rooms and administrative office of the tower buildings. It is described as one of the great processional routes in contemporary architecture [88] . It’s most recognisable feature is the ‘leaf-shaped’ roof lights, each of which is similar to, but yet different from all the others and made from stainless steel with the glasswork being covered by a lattice of solid oak struts.

 

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