Conversations, Drawings, Archives & Photographs from Robin Hood Gardens
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REGENERATION! is a project devised and produced by artist Jessie Brennan with individuals who currently live – or have lived – and work on the Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, east London, before its planned demolition.
Special thanks to the people who made this project possible by their hard work, enthusiasm and contributions: Wayne Alison, caretaker, Robin Hood Gardens; James Hamilton, former tenant, Mackrow Walk; Owen Hatherley, author; Sadia Aziza Islam, temporary tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Abdul Kalam, former tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Richard Martin, writer and researcher; Nicholas Ruddock, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens.
With thanks to: Chomok Ali, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Rizia Ali, Neighbourhood Engagement Officer, Tower Hamlets Homes; Halima Amin, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Fatima Aziza, temporary tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Hamida Begum, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Halima Begum, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Samuel Boakye-Yiadom, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Mike Bonsu, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Godfrey McCurdy, Housing Management Officer (Robin Hood Gardens), Tower Hamlets Homes; Yusuf Mohamed, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; ‘Monette and Nevaeh’, temporary tenants, Robin Hood Gardens; Pat Murray, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Darren Pauling, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Aks Rahman, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Robin Hood Gardens Tenants and Residents Association; Mohammed Yeahia, tenant, Robin Hood Gardens; Jimmy York, caretaker, Robin Hood Gardens; and all the people unnamed here who engaged in conversations on the doorsteps, along the walkways and on the green.
Acknowledgements: Architectural Design (AD); The British Library; RIBA Library Photographs Collection; Smithson Family Archive; Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives.
The book launch for REGENERATION! was hosted at RIBA Bookshop in London on 6 October 2015.
