Login
       
  • Hyson Green Workshop Units

Hashemi-Nezhad, Bahbak, 2016, Art or design object, Hyson Green Workshop Units

Abstract or Description:

The Hyson Green Workshops presents an early example of citizen-led design from Nottingham’s most notorious neighbourhood in the 1970s.

Faced with ill-considered planning, architectural flaws and social unrest, the active citizens of the now demolished Hyson Green flats reacted by organising to co-design an alternative environment. Lead by the Hyson Green Development Tenants' Association (HGTDA), the group fought to create direct distribution and open(ed) data to residents as well as new local policies and modes of self-governance. Most notably the HGDTA succeeded in transforming the disused and derelict garages, situated underneath the flats, into The Hyson Green Workshops, ‘proto-makerspaces’ for cultural expression, community activity and economic growth.

The exhibition brings together new and existing archival materials, oral histories and artefacts, to present for the first time a comprehensive overview of this movement. In addition, the gallery hosts a programme of community-led workshops and panel discussions around the role of citizen design activism.

Subjects: Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies
School or Centre: School of Design
Copyright Holders: Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad, MACE Archives, New Art Exchange, H.G.D.T.A
Funders: Arts Council England, Near Now, Nottingham, New Art Exchange
Date Deposited: 10 Dec 2017 21:43
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2018 14:30
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3032
Edit Item (login required) Edit Item (login required)