Big
Brother 8 House
The House
The
new batch of housemates will reside in the famous Big Brother house,
located within Elstree Film and Television Studios in Hertfordshire.
The house is, as always, fully equipped with state-of-the-art audio
and visual recording equipment to document every movement made and every
word said in the house and garden, 24 hours a day. There are 41 cameras
this year.
There will
be one bedroom for all the housemates to share. There will also be a
larder just off the kitchen area. In terms of décor, the house
will have a modern feel to it, with clean lines and elegant furniture.
The garden comes complete with a swimming pool.
Big
Brother 8 housemates will face a mixed up modernistic sur-reality
house when they arrive – nothing is where it should be. It may
all look glamorous with designer mod cons but the house will be hard
work for its new residents.
A giant blue roll-top bath in the raspberry pink living room will be
the first indication that all is not as it should be. It’ll be
like bathing in a disco with multi-coloured light panels surrounding
it. But that is just the beginning…
Just cooking a meal may take team work. At the furthest point away from
what appears to be the ‘kitchen’ is the housemate’s
fridge/freezer – outside in the garden.
The sink is on one side of the main living area, and the hotplate opposite
is set amongst a wall of white cubes. But where is the cooker?
For
those with an eye for pop culture, there are plenty of ‘arty’
references in the house. There’s Big Brother’s
very own homage to Brit art bad boy, Damien Hurst – a split rubber
chicken suspended in clear boxes.
A cheeky, Warhol-inspired target is painted on the white floor in the
living room and the oval cut out white and blue wall is also inspired
by the Barak Architects, who the designed the 'Cheese House' building
in Nitra, Slovakia.
Recycling bins in the food storage area will help the housemates to
be environmentally friendly.
One half of the living area is raspberry pink floor to ceiling - and
the other half is baby blue.
A retro 70s’-designed blue and black phone is nestled on the sink
bench – but who will be calling and will the housemates be able
to phone home?
Everything including the kitchen sink... except the kitchen sink isn't
in the kitchen!
Tea and toast will be a luxury the housemates may have to live without,
as the kettle and toaster are locked away in a see-through box. Only
Big Brother will decide when they’ll get access.
Big
Brother house designer Patrick Watson says,
"It has taken 8,000 man hours to construct the house for this summer’s
housemates. This year we have gone for a cleaner, more adult look, using
more textures and colours to brand each area.
The Diary Room button:
Press to impress
For
the first time the Diary Room will have a lit corridor that will indicate
if the room is in use, by changing colour from red to green when the
Diary Room button is pushed. The white dining room table is surrounded
by white retro designer chairs and stools.
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