ACT-ING to democratise architecture

Insult-ative! Public Engagement & The Non- Consultations.

Consultations are a legal requirement of Planning & Development. At what stage did Consultations apparently moved from being a means of democratising our community’s Planning and Architectural Developments, to a tool to shut down local dissent and opinion? Can we salvage the consultation or is it beyond hope?

Sponsored by: MAIL BOXES ETC, Streatham & Cressingham Gardens Resident Management Company.

This event is part of Modernist Gem: a series of events as part of the London Festival of Architecture, highlighting the battle against the demolition of Kate Macintosh’s Leigham Court Sheltered Housing Scheme, and the community which inspired it, led by Anne Okokon, Co-chair of the Save Leigham Court, Sheltered Housing Campaign.