An architectural detail of the Contemplation Spaces or Thinking Pods on the western elevation of the Scottish Parliament Building in the Holyrood area of Edinburgh. These pods are built into each MSP’s room to provide them with an area away from their desk where they can consider their work in tranquility, and to let them refresh and come up with new ideas.
In 2010, the then-MSP Robin Harper (Green Party) said:
“Quite often, when I want to compose a complicated response to somebody, I will sit in the pod, as it’s easier to think there. There’s a little skylight above your head, and you can look up and see the clouds scurrying past.”
https://www.building.co.uk/focus/scottish-parliament-miralles-magnificent-mess-revisited/3156995.article
The Scottish Parliament Building was designed by Spanish Catalan architect Enriq Miralles and opened in 2004.
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A sister image of the Thinking Pods, taken from a diffent angle and showing a small section of Salisbury Crags in the background, is available for purchase as a rights-managed stock image from iStock.
