Transforming Post War Estates

What – Transforming post-war estatesWhen – Tuesday 21 JuneWhere – The Building Centre, 26 Store Street WC1E 7BTWho – Lewis Blackwell, Curator of the exhibition, Re/making The Street (chair)Pat Hayes, Executive Director of Regeneration at the London Borough of EalingJulia Moulder, Executive Director of Development at CatalystNicholas Boys Smith, Founding Director of Create Streets Why – Britain was at the cutting edge of architecture, creating well-intentioned Corbusier-inspired social housing. However thousands of estates in the UK and Europe are failing and facing demolition. This event brought together urban renewal specialists, developers and specialists in place-making to find out how we might refurbish or rebuild our estates to create flourishing communities. What next – The speakers agreed on several key points; you don’t need to go high to achieve density and you must factor in maintenance costs. These points are covered further by Pollard Thomas Edward’ recent publications Superdensity: the Sequel and Altered Estates.