Walking tour in response to brief:
In the past decade ‘right to the city’ movements have arisen across the world, demanding a fairer, more inclusive urban environment.
This is hardly the first time such movements have sprung up. Whether the Commune of Paris in 1871 or the neighbourhood movements and Civil Rights marches of 1960s America, time and again the city has been an active backdrop for democratic demands, particularly at times of political or economic crisis in the capitalist system.
How do such crises arise? Around what key issues have alternative visions of the city mobilised in the past, and today? What do we mean by ‘the right to the city’? How might an architect or spatial practitioner play a part in this topic?
# THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE.
In the past decade ‘right to the city’ movements have arisen across the world, demanding a fairer, more inclusive urban environment.
This is hardly the first time such movements have sprung up. Whether the Commune of Paris in 1871 or the neighbourhood movements and Civil Rights marches of 1960s America, time and again the city has been an active backdrop for democratic demands, particularly at times of political or economic crisis in the capitalist system.
How do such crises arise? Around what key issues have alternative visions of the city mobilised in the past, and today? What do we mean by ‘the right to the city’? How might an architect or spatial practitioner play a part in this topic?
# THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE.
Interests and contributions:
‘Antisocial’ Behaviour (1980s - 2000s)
‘Antisocial’ Behaviour (1980s - 2000s)
- History of Coal Drops Yard:
- Surveillance:
- Public squares – Right To Gather:
- Right to Frolic: