Activism and Outrage : A celebration of post war social housing

Project Lead: Hester Buck

Number of participants:  10

Duration: 4 days

Project Outline:

The increasing rejection of post-war social housing as a political project, is embodied in the critique of its high-rise typology, described in the Savill’s report as ‘incomplete streets’.
Questioning the role of the designer to intervene within socio-political condition, this workshop invites students to respond to the Savill’s report, as a legal, spatial, graphic and political document.
The workshop will question the nature and tone of political protest, exploring the interdisciplinary response from students from across the RCA.

Workshops will take place within the Designers in Residence studio at the Design Museum.

Timetable:

Day 1 (Tuesday)
Introduction to the Savill’s report, and discussion about the effect of legislation and politics on design, and the role of design and art to make visible these political forces, presenting alternative narratives.

Day 2 (Wednesday)
Walk around post war estates, meet groups who have collectively claimed the common ground of their ‘incomplete street’, through direct community action.

Day 3 (Thursday)
Workshop responding to the Savill’s report as a text, graphic, spatial and political document.

Day 4 (Friday)
Development and final presentation of responses to the Savill’s report enacted within the city, as a situated drawing.

Exhibition of objects, performances and talks to be exhibited at the Design Museum, and form part of a small publication, as part of the 2018 Designers in Residence final exhibition.