Language and the Production of Space

Over a period of years practising as an architect, I had developed a series of installations exploring the relationship between language, the body and the city. Rather than considering these relationships as mutually exclusive, I am interested in how architecture and people are inscribed onto and redefined by one another. In March 2010 I was invited to create a site specific artwork for an event titled 'The Market Estate Project' on a council estate scheduled for demolition in Islington. This project presented an opportunity to explore these relationships within the context of social housing, namely the relationship between The Market Estate, the residents and associated language. The following dissertation brings together the influences and outcomes of this exploration- a journey through theoretical research, direct experience and its ensuing revelation of the contradictions and complexities within social housing.