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“Redrow and Barratt are experts in creating homes. Architects aren’t” – Alan Partridge
A property tycoon president poised to “drill, baby drill”. A government promising to “build, build, build”: The year of the YIMBY is upon us.
Shills label anyone questioning new property development myopic NIMBYs opposing progress, but will more quivers of lumpen luxury tower blocks solve the housing crisis? Surely we’re not that stupid!
Over a million new homes are slated for Britain, but who are they for, where will they go and how will they help? Will a million badly-built bricky boxes, strangled by cars and faux Regency ornament nurture thriving community life? Will tens of thousands of newly minted cowboy landlords make renting less hellish for those trapped in the eviction cycle?
And won’t this epic house building boom spew out so much carbon dioxide that any hope of cutting Britain’s emissions will dwindle to nothing like our social housing stock still pillaged by privatisation?
This event will slice through the spin and bollocks to get to the heart of housing. If we are to build 1.5 million new homes, what will make them good? What will make them affordable? Who will design them and what will stop crappy landlords gobbling them up so more hapless tenants must pay off more mortgages for more of the already rich? And how will all of this happen without wrecking the planet?
Speakers:
Neal Shasore, Historian
Nick Bano, author of Against Landlords
Carina Harford, Interior Designer
James Binning, Assemble
Deepika Upadhyaya, Architect
Series curated by Phin Harper and Lucas Facer. Turncoats was originally devised by Phin Harper and Smith Mordak with Robert Mull and the Architecture Foundation.
Event:
7pm (doors 6.30pm), 20 February, Set Social, 55a Nigel Rd, London SE15 4NP
Set Social has a (brilliantly affordable) bar serving cocktails and other drinks. Please buy generously to support their work. Turncoats is a feisty mix of debate and ideas. Come armed with something to say and don’t be afraid to seize the mic. Future themes include: The Ick and Modern Dating, The Feminist Lad, and Fuck North London.
Partners:
Turncoats is presented in partnership with the Future Architects Front and Architecture Foundation.
Tickets:
Solidarity £15 – Full time job? Own a flat or otherwise escaped the full brunt of private rent? Get this one for £3 extra and support others.
Waged £12 – Regular price. Get your boss to pay and say it’s professional development or write if off against income tax ;)
Unwaged £8 – No work and the private landlord has trebled the rent again? Newly single and feeling it in your pocket? Get this one.
(nb: if both ticket levels feel out of reach, please get in touch and we’ll work something out!)
No physical tickets, your name will be on the door. The site will show an error message until you enter an address in the checkout. Sold out? Sign up for alerts when new tickets are released.
“Redrow and Barratt are experts in creating homes. Architects aren’t” – Alan Partridge
A property tycoon president poised to “drill, baby drill”. A government promising to “build, build, build”: The year of the YIMBY is upon us.
Shills label anyone questioning new property development myopic NIMBYs opposing progress, but will more quivers of lumpen luxury tower blocks solve the housing crisis? Surely we’re not that stupid!
Over a million new homes are slated for Britain, but who are they for, where will they go and how will they help? Will a million badly-built bricky boxes, strangled by cars and faux Regency ornament nurture thriving community life? Will tens of thousands of newly minted cowboy landlords make renting less hellish for those trapped in the eviction cycle?
And won’t this epic house building boom spew out so much carbon dioxide that any hope of cutting Britain’s emissions will dwindle to nothing like our social housing stock still pillaged by privatisation?
This event will slice through the spin and bollocks to get to the heart of housing. If we are to build 1.5 million new homes, what will make them good? What will make them affordable? Who will design them and what will stop crappy landlords gobbling them up so more hapless tenants must pay off more mortgages for more of the already rich? And how will all of this happen without wrecking the planet?
Speakers:
Neal Shasore, Historian
Nick Bano, author of Against Landlords
Carina Harford, Interior Designer
James Binning, Assemble
Deepika Upadhyaya, Architect
Series curated by Phin Harper and Lucas Facer. Turncoats was originally devised by Phin Harper and Smith Mordak with Robert Mull and the Architecture Foundation.
Event:
7pm (doors 6.30pm), 20 February, Set Social, 55a Nigel Rd, London SE15 4NP
Set Social has a (brilliantly affordable) bar serving cocktails and other drinks. Please buy generously to support their work. Turncoats is a feisty mix of debate and ideas. Come armed with something to say and don’t be afraid to seize the mic. Future themes include: The Ick and Modern Dating, The Feminist Lad, and Fuck North London.
Partners:
Turncoats is presented in partnership with the Future Architects Front and Architecture Foundation.
Tickets:
Solidarity £15 – Full time job? Own a flat or otherwise escaped the full brunt of private rent? Get this one for £3 extra and support others.
Waged £12 – Regular price. Get your boss to pay and say it’s professional development or write if off against income tax ;)
Unwaged £8 – No work and the private landlord has trebled the rent again? Newly single and feeling it in your pocket? Get this one.
(nb: if both ticket levels feel out of reach, please get in touch and we’ll work something out!)
No physical tickets, your name will be on the door. The site will show an error message until you enter an address in the checkout. Sold out? Sign up for alerts when new tickets are released.
“Redrow and Barratt are experts in creating homes. Architects aren’t” – Alan Partridge
A property tycoon president poised to “drill, baby drill”. A government promising to “build, build, build”: The year of the YIMBY is upon us.
Shills label anyone questioning new property development myopic NIMBYs opposing progress, but will more quivers of lumpen luxury tower blocks solve the housing crisis? Surely we’re not that stupid!
Over a million new homes are slated for Britain, but who are they for, where will they go and how will they help? Will a million badly-built bricky boxes, strangled by cars and faux Regency ornament nurture thriving community life? Will tens of thousands of newly minted cowboy landlords make renting less hellish for those trapped in the eviction cycle?
And won’t this epic house building boom spew out so much carbon dioxide that any hope of cutting Britain’s emissions will dwindle to nothing like our social housing stock still pillaged by privatisation?
This event will slice through the spin and bollocks to get to the heart of housing. If we are to build 1.5 million new homes, what will make them good? What will make them affordable? Who will design them and what will stop crappy landlords gobbling them up so more hapless tenants must pay off more mortgages for more of the already rich? And how will all of this happen without wrecking the planet?
Speakers:
Neal Shasore, Historian
Nick Bano, author of Against Landlords
Carina Harford, Interior Designer
James Binning, Assemble
Deepika Upadhyaya, Architect
Series curated by Phin Harper and Lucas Facer. Turncoats was originally devised by Phin Harper and Smith Mordak with Robert Mull and the Architecture Foundation.
Event:
7pm (doors 6.30pm), 20 February, Set Social, 55a Nigel Rd, London SE15 4NP
Set Social has a (brilliantly affordable) bar serving cocktails and other drinks. Please buy generously to support their work. Turncoats is a feisty mix of debate and ideas. Come armed with something to say and don’t be afraid to seize the mic. Future themes include: The Ick and Modern Dating, The Feminist Lad, and Fuck North London.
Partners:
Turncoats is presented in partnership with the Future Architects Front and Architecture Foundation.
Tickets:
Solidarity £15 – Full time job? Own a flat or otherwise escaped the full brunt of private rent? Get this one for £3 extra and support others.
Waged £12 – Regular price. Get your boss to pay and say it’s professional development or write if off against income tax ;)
Unwaged £8 – No work and the private landlord has trebled the rent again? Newly single and feeling it in your pocket? Get this one.
(nb: if both ticket levels feel out of reach, please get in touch and we’ll work something out!)
No physical tickets, your name will be on the door. The site will show an error message until you enter an address in the checkout. Sold out? Sign up for alerts when new tickets are released.