Laura A Keay 

The project strives to explore how a country might choose to rethink its strategy on the use of its own natural resources to build, govern and trade. Set within a satirical Britain, post-Brexit in 2029, after a no-deal within parliament leads to a halt in trade between the UK and EU. Leading to an architecture that harks back to an 'older' construction technique, as the building industry is constrained by materials only produced and manufactured within this self-sufficient country.

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Central to the new ethos of the society, 'nothing goes to waste': the seemingly mundane and infuriating activity of maintenance is the main priority to the governments business of recognising what is necessary and efficient for the continued functioning and elaboration of this self-sufficient nation. The focus is upon the term, Terotechnology, meaning to watch, to observe, and to guard. Phasing in a circular building economy where the premise is to take full advantage of the properties of a material, via the use of material passports. 

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As David Edgerton explains within his book, 'The Shock of the Old', there is a widespread assumption that new methods are superior to older methods, however, in most cases this is untrue. The work is predominately drawn with a 'bic-biro', which is considered a rudimentary yet universal drawing tool, acting as a tool to observe the extent of the process and tools of construction of this future society.