Opposite Office has proposed redesigning and extending London's Buckingham Palace to create the Affordable Palace where 50,000 people would co-habit with the queen.
The Munich-based architecture practice has written an open letter to the queen, asking that she consider sharing her palace with those less fortunate.
Opposite Office proposes reorganising Buckingham Palace into co-living housing
The architecture studio's concept would turn the royal palace into a co-living development as an innovative solution to London's housing crisis.
"With its 775 rooms and 79 bathrooms the population density is not representative of the rest of London, and Buckingham Palace is waiting for repurposing," said Opposite Office co-founder Benedikt Hartl. The proposal would use Buckingham Palace to help address the housing crisis
"The rooms are awash with sparkling candelabra, sumptuous carpets, marble columns, sculptures, and expensive artworks," continues Hartl. "So why not use this existing structure to fight the housing crisis""
Taking the palace's existing dimensions, Opposite Office imagine a multi-story extension on top of the  palace building.
Buckingham Palace extension would be divided into bedrooms with shared living rooms
Private single and double bedrooms would open on to shared dining and living rooms, in one huge co-living system. Up to 50,000 people could be re-homed in this way, Opposite Office estimates.
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