Parliament House

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Parliament House
Front of the Parliament House
Building Overview
Architectural style	Hybrid (Classical & Gothic)
State	WolvHaven
Island	Capitol Island, WolvHaven
Co-ordinates	x: -382 z: -115
Construction Started	14 September 2017
Completed	10 October 2017
Cost	WH$575,000
Owner	His Excellency, the President
Design & Construction
Chief Architect	SilverWolv
Builder(s)	SilverWolv GukkyGukz CackleFresh JuliusMS _AngelKevin_

Parliament House, also known as The palace of administration and legislation, the representatives and senators, spiritual and temporal of the Federal Republic of WolvHaven, Gardellia and Pangaea is the official meeting place for the Parliament of WolvHaven. The building was designed by various architects and was inaugurated on the 21 October 2017 by the President.

The building houses the House of Representatives and the Senate chambers, the Hall of Valiancy, several offices of Members of Parliament, the house of the Speaker and 2 Committee Rooms.

The complex consists of 5 buildings. The South, Centre, and North blocks make up the main portion of the complex, with the Executive House, and Capitol Circus Buildings just North of the North Block.

The parliament building is an embodiment of a mixture of several major parliamentary democracies in the world; with inspiration and features coming from the Australian, New Zealand, UK, and Canadian Parliaments.

History

The current Parliament House is the 5th official meeting place for the Parliament of WolvHaven in WolvHaven's history. The previous iteration, the provisional parliament house was destroyed in a fire.

City Hall, 2012

When the 1st Parliament of WolvHaven was established, it met in the City Hall of WolvHaven at the period of the time. The building was rather small and could only house a maximum of 5 seats, including the speaker's chair and desk. There was very little space and no option for the addition of newer seats.

City Hall, 2013

Main Article: City Hall (New Haven)

Parliament House, 2015

The 3rd Parliament of WolvHaven met in the first parliament house of WolvHaven. The building is built in a classical style with modern modifications to it. Its most signficiant feature is its glass dome which sat over the chamber, allowing natural sunlight to flow into the building. This was inspired by he Reichstag building of Germany. The building was a well known landmark of the city, sitting on the sides of the Government District Park, next to the Civic Centre.

The 3rd, 4th and 5th Parliaments of WolvHaven met in the Parliament House of 2015

The building would later go on to become even more famous when it was the main subject of the Plagiarism Scandal of 2016 where another server owner stole the design of the Parliament building and built an exact replica of it on his own server. The only difference made was the changing out of the WolvHaven logo for the other server's logo instead. He later went to an online forum and claimed the design as his and used it in applications for builder ranks.

This eventually led to the discovery that he had been plagiarizing major parts of WolvHaven and downloaded parts of the city without consent. Several WolvHaven builds had also been found on the other server when an investigation was conducted after it was exposed.

The Scandal was exposed in September 2016 by an anonymous user that went by the name of "Zacy". The identity of this whistle-blower remains unknown till this day.

Provisional Parliament House, 2017

Chamber of the House of Representatives in the Provisional Parliament House

With the introduction of the Party-List Proportionate system, it was evident that WolvHaven needed a new Parliament Building. The new parliament building was to be the temporary home of the Parliament of WolvHaven until a more permanent structure was completed. It featured voting lobbies for the first time in WolvHaven History and provided space for committee rooms as committees were introduced.

It was originally intended for the Parliament chamber to be in an elongated U shape. However, this proved too challenging to build. Therefore, it was built in a straight formation instead. Before the start of the construction of the current parliament house, there was debate over whether a new parliament house was even needed. Some had even suggested keeping the existing building and retrofitting it to address several design flaws.

There were several design flaws with the building. Most notably because the interior was hard to fit in due to the exterior of the building and alignment of the windows. The building also used land space very inefficiently as a portion of the allocated land was not used.

Eventually, the decision was made for the MPs instead when the building burnt down, destroying the whole building. The cause of the fire still remains unknown today.

Characteristics

Built in a Hybrid style by accident, the building which shows a mix of Gothic and Classical architecture, the present building gives off an authoritative yet caring impression.

"The Hybrid European style of the building gives off the vibe where the sovereign cares." -ROM5419, Senator

The parliament house is 177m long by 137m wide and is 3 storeys tall built with symmetry in mind. As such, the North and Southern wings of the building are identical.

The exterior sandstone walls designed by JuliusMS feature large windows that are 3m wide and 4m tall. These window also feature a quartz frame around it accompanied by triangular and flat styled overhangs.

Meanwhile, its brick roof was designed by SilverWolv and features multiple quartz dormer windows that vary in different sizes across the building.

Centre Block

The Centre Block of Parliament sits in between the North and South Blocks as its name suggests. It is the main building of the Parliament Complex, consisting of the committee rooms, house of representatives, the senate chamber, and the hall of valiancy.

House of Representatives Chamber

The House Of Representatives chamber is characterised by its light green theme, and seating, similar to that of the New Zealand and Australian parliaments. Instead of the conventional bench seating which the UK and Canada employs, the house chamber utilizes a U shaped chamber, giving members of the crossbench a defined location to sit at. The seating layout was built by BokBokObama.

The centre table sits in the middle of the chamber infront of the speaker's chair and comes equipped with a digital countdown clock created using signlink to give speaking members a sense of how much time they have left to speak. Each seat is 2 blocks wide, and comes with a microphone, desk and digital countdown timer similar to that at the centre table.

Similar to real-life parliaments, the government sits to the speaker's right while the opposition sits on the left of the speaker.

The chamber also features ornate wooden walls made mostly out of spruce wood, designed by GukkyGukz and has a watching gallery on the second level. Topping the chaper are several chandeliers and a brick roof with glass skylights that let in natural light into the chamber. The roof is held up by wooden arch trusses built by SilverWolv.

Senate Chamber

The Senate Chamber is similar to the House of Representatives, except with fewer seats, and a red theme instead of green.

Committee Rooms

There are 2 main committee rooms in the building on the north and south wings of Centre Block. Each committee room has a centre podium, and a seating layout that can be rearranged to cater for different types of functions or events being held.

The committee rooms also feature a large mural of a landscape with a Volcano Erupting, designed by SilverWolv.

Hall of Valiancy

Offices

Tower of Unity

The tower of unity is a clock tower that sits in the middle of the Centre Block, making it look very similar to that of the Canadian Parliament's centre block; albeit less slim. The clock is unique as it contains a working redstone clock that displays the time of day in-game, with the circuity designed by GukkyGukz.

The clock tower's roof also features several hidden skylights that allow light to trigger the light sensors which in turn control the clock.

South Block

The South Block is the offices for the Members of Parliament. It was built in April 2019 to ensure MPs are able to work in the Parliament House.

Office Number	Occupied personnel	Office Number	Occupied personnel	Office Number	Occupied personnel
101	N/A	201	N/A	301	N/A
102	N/A	202	N/A	302	N/A
103	N/A	203	N/A	303	N/A
104	N/A	204	N/A	304	N/A
105	N/A	205	N/A	305	N/A
106	N/A	206	N/A	306	VincentLUMCFan
107	N/A	207	N/A	307	N/A
108	N/A	208	N/A	308	N/A
109	N/A	209	N/A	309	N/A
110	N/A	210	N/A	310	N/A
111	hinwapoon	211	N/A	311	N/A
112	N/A	212	N/A	312	N/A
113	N/A	213	N/A	313	N/A
114	N/A	214	N/A	314	N/A
115	N/A	215	N/A	315	N/A
116	minebuilder1223	216	N/A	316	N/A
117	lebokbok	217	N/A	317	N/A
118	Bridge to Parliament	218	N/A	318	N/A
119	N/A	219	N/A	319	N/A
120	N/A	220	N/A	320	N/A

North Block

The North Block is the offices for the Staffs. It was built in April 2019.

Office Number	Occupied personnel	Office Number	Occupied personnel	Office Number	Occupied personnel
101	N/A	201	N/A	301	N/A
102	N/A	202	N/A	302	N/A
103	Bridge to Parliament	203	N/A	303	N/A
104	N/A	204	N/A	304	N/A
105	N/A	205	N/A	305	N/A
106	N/A	206	N/A	306	N/A
107	N/A	207	N/A	307	N/A
108	N/A	208	N/A	308	N/A
109	N/A	209	N/A	309	N/A
110	N/A	210	N/A	310	N/A
111	N/A	211	N/A	311	N/A
112	N/A	212	mopsistudios	312	N/A
113	N/A	213	Baymax1020	313	N/A
114	N/A	214	N/A	314	N/A
115	N/A	215	N/A	315	N/A
116	N/A	216	N/A	316	N/A
117	N/A	217	N/A	317	SilverWolv
118	N/A	218	N/A	318	N/A
119	N/A	219	N/A	319	N/A
120	N/A	220	N/A	320	N/A

Gallery

The front of parliament house
The back entrance of the building
Aerial shot of the parliament house featuring the tower of harmony
Sunset shot of the parliament house
The hall of Valiancy
The chamber of the House of Representatives

Parliament House

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