Housing Standardisation: Who Designs Our Homes and How Do We Live? (Event 1)
Join us on Monday, 13 January 2025, for a roundtable discussion on affordable housing: What is ‘good’ design? How can it be delivered?
The event is part of the exhibition Housing Standardisation: Who Designs Our Homes and How Do We Live? at the Building Centre. This exhibition explores recently built housing in England, Chile, China, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain, analysing their diverse housing systems and provisions through 37 in-depth case studies of affordable homes. It focuses on the experiences and everyday lives of residents, examining how design governance, housing standards, socio-cultural expectation, and home use shape perceptions of ‘well-designed’ and ‘affordable’ homes – and how these are highly contextual.
The exhibition is the result of the three-year Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project 'Housing Standardisation: The Architecture of Regulations and Standards'.
Co-organised with the Architecture Foundation, this roundtable is the first of three events in January with housing practitioners, discussing how housing design, standards, policy, and quality relate to affordability, equity, and lived experiences. Despite extensive standardisation and regulation, both the realities and perceptions of housing and design quality vary significantly across regions, countries, and households, affecting housing outcomes and wellbeing.
Roundtable Participants:
· David Stronge (Design Director, Peabody)
· Emily Greeves (Director, Emily Greeves Architects)
· Osama Shoush (Strategic Lead, Southwark Council)
· Anna Odedun (Head of Knowledge, Future of London)
· Sam Jacoby (Professor of Architectural and Urban Design Research, Royal College of Art)
Time and Venue
Date: Monday, 13 January 2025
Time: 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: The Building Centre (Seminar Room B), 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT
Guided Exhibition Tour
The exhibition curators, Sam Jacoby and Lucia Alonso from the Royal College of Art, will offer a free guided tour of the exhibition in the Window Gallery of the Building Centre before the roundtable, starting at 1:00 pm.
Tickets:
Regular Price = £7.50
Student Price = £5 (Use the code HOUSINGSTUDENT at the checkout)
Accessibility:
If you have any questions regarding the accessibility of the venue, please email amy@architecturefoundation.org.uk