Golden Lane residents set up the campaign Imagine Golden Lane Estate at Net Zero in 2020. It currently has projects on cycle storage and insulation. The walk starts at the Barbican, described as: 'The architecture of fossil fuels at its glorious best... *', moves to the Museum of London and Bastion House, at the centre of a resident-led campaign to retain and re-use rather than demolish; then it explores Golden Lane Estate - post-war public housing at its best. The estate now offers major challenges: 75% of the flats have little insulation, heating is through individual gas boilers and there is little biodiversity. The walk will address how to move towards net zero in a poorly thermally performing estate and the need to improve biodiversity. It will consider the power and the ability of the individual resident to tackle climate emergency and biodiversity loss alongside the responsibility of the local authority.
The route is flat with ramp access to the areas to be visited at upper walkway level. A lift available to get to the upper level and this will be checked in advance to ensure that it is working.
Walk starts at Barbican Underground Station at street level.
*Barnabas Calder - Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
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