" In this exhibition, designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad, explores an ambitious citizen-led project that emerged in NAE's local neighbourhood in the 1970s; The Hyson Green Workshops. The Hyson Green Flats were a residential tower block that stood on the site behind NAE where ASDA is now located. Faced with ill-considered planning and architectural flaws of mass social housing, the active citizens of the flats, spearheaded by the Hyson Green Development Tenants' Association, reacted by co-designing alternative solutions in their environment. Together, the group fought to transform the disused and problematic garages, situated underneath the flats, into spaces for cultural expression, community activity and economic growth. " -http://www.nae.org.uk/exhibition/hyson-green-workshops-citizen-design/97
I liked this exhibition a lot as I got to see images of the area I live during a time I did not live there and it looks a lot different so I was taken aback by the comparison of Todays Hyson Green and Hyson Green back in the 70's.
I also liked how the actual exhibition room kind of looked like scaffolding as it went well with the images of construction and destruction of the buildings in Hyson Green
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