Affordable Architecture

WED 29TH APRIL 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB, MANCHESTER - 6:30PM

With the current economic downturn, more and more people are going to want affordable housing solutions. In the last recession there was noticeable innovation, with iconic buildings being designed and constructed such as the Manchester Central Library and big investments in infrastructure coming from governments. Architects need to be more creative in order to make buildings on a budget for people on a budget. We have all seen bad examples of social housing schemes and the problems they create (social exclusion, violence, turf wars) but what is the answer to affordable housing and what new innovations may arise from the demand? Join us over supper as we discuss the issue…


THE PANEL
Chaired by JONATHAN SCHOFIELD, Editor of Manchester Confidential
DR CHARLOTTE WILDMAN is a historian at the University of Manchester and specialises in twentieth-century British urban history.



HOW MUCH
Free to Circle Club members otherwise
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