The first Community Technical Aid Centre (CTAC) was established in Liverpool in 1979. Supported by public funding, over 100 CTACs would open across the country, often in areas suffering high levels of deprivation and social inequality. Providing built environment services to people unable to afford professional fees, CTACs supported thousands of projects with technical aid encompassing architectural design, funding, operations, surveying, engineering, community work and rectification of housing issues. Today, almost none of this vital social infrastructure remains. Join us to travel "back to the future': we will explore the legacy of CTACs and other spatial practices, and imagine ways to rebuild a design service for the people - strengthening the power communities have to shape their own neighbourhoods.
Date: Friday 19th June
Time: 19:00-21:00
Location: Zaha Hadid Foundation, 10 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC10 0BQ
Images: Nick Wates, Birth of a Movement, Community Technical Aid Centre
