Amsterdam Alternative will talk to Nick about his new book Brutalism as Found: Housing, Form and Crisis at Robin Hood Gardens. In the book, Nick uses the demolition of the (in)famous Brutalist housing estate in East London as lens through which to analyse the current wave of urban regeneration. What can we learn today from the Brutalist movement in architecture that combined bold aesthetics with political vision and social ambition at a time when the accounting spreadsheets of international investors increasingly determine the future of our cities? How can the memory of a housing project such as Robin Hood Gardens inform and inspire our struggle for a more democratic and inclusive Amsterdam?

Doors open: 19:00 hrs
Start talk: 19:30

Free entrance