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The consequential deterioration of housing conditions is used to justify estate ‘regeneration’ programmes based on demolition and rebuilding, which most housing associations, local authorities and developers claim is the only way to provide new housing - [Toolkits for estate retrofit](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/toolkits-for-estate-retrofit/) - Toolkits for estate retrofit Toolkits From methods to introduce co-design into retrofit schemes, to resident self-organising strategies, toolkits are useful guides for residents, grassroots organisers and planners alike. The toolkits above bring together knowledge, skills and experience on the topics of resident-led regeneration, the refurbishment of housing estates, and empowerment of existing communities. They can - [Panel discussions](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/panel-discussions/) - As part of the ‘Retrofitting Social Housing: Alternatives to Demolition’ exhibition, AAB, ASH, and ECD organised a day of panel talks to discuss the technical, financial and socioeconomic barriers and opportunities to retrofit as a means of redevelopment. Recorded 25th September 2024 The first of two panel discussions explored the Technical and financial barriers andsolutions - [Exhibition photos](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/exhibition-photos/) - Exhibition photos Photographs by Joseph Asghar Event photos Photographs by Sam Brooke Photographs capturing the exhibition Retrofitting Social Housing: Alternatives to Demolition. The exhibition was on display between 16th September – 11th October 2024 within the exhibition space in the Building Centre, Store Street, London. Photographs documenting the events that took place during the exhibition. On September - [Resident-led campaigns](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/resident-led-campaigns/) - Resident-led campaigns Fight for the Aylesbury Residents on the Aylesbury have been organising against the regeneration and demolition of their estate since 1999, instead arguing for a resident-centred programme of refurbishment and retrofitting. In 2015 housing campaigners occupied some of the empty buildings on the estate; leaseholders fought against the expropriation of their flats in - [Summary Boards](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/summary-boards/) - Benefits of retrofit include warmer, more comfortable homes, better health, lower bills and reduced energy use. These benefits can also be achieved through building new homes, so why prioritise retrofit of housing estates over demolition? The UK’s social housing crisis Between 1946 and 1980 the UK’s local authorities and housing associations built 4.4 million homes - [Wilmcote House](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/wilmcote-house/) - [Structural viability](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/structural-viability/) - [Contact](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/contact/) - Contact us mail@aabarchitects.co.uk info@architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk ecda@ecda.co.uk london@conisbee.co.uk - [West Kentish Town Estate](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/west-kentish-town-estate/) - [St. Raphael’s Estate](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/st-raphaels-estate/) - [Coralline Walk Demolition](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/coralline-walk-demolition/) - Coralline Walk Demolition (2019-2020) Photography by Alessia Gammarota Photographer Alessia Gammarota documented the demolition of Coralline Walk- an area of her resident estate, South Thamesmead. 242 homes and business premises upon the site were razed in preparation of future redevelopment. Clearance of the site was completed by the summer of 2020. At the time of - [Alessia Gammarota](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/alessia-gammarota/) - London Estates (2014-2024) Photography by Alessia Gammarota This collection of photographs projected on the wall record a series of existing and demolished estates from across London, taken by photographer Alessia Gammarotta over the past 10 years. - [The Costs of Estate Regeneration](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/the-costs-of-estate-regeneration/) - The Costs of Estate Regeneration (2018) Film by Architects for Social Housing (ASH) A video presentation based on a report of the same name, published by ASH in September 2018 that calculates the relative costs, economic, social and environmental, of the demolition and redevelopment of council housing estates in comparison with their refurbishment, infill and - [Objecting](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/objecting/) - Objecting (2019-2021) Sculpture and video works by Julika Gittner Objecting comprises of a series of works in sculpture drawing, performance and video, exploring how sculpture can communicate counter evidence to resist manipulative regeneration tactics.The works have been developed to support the resident-led campaign to save the social housing estate St Raphael’s in Brent from demolition. - [The White Flats](https://retrofittingsocialhousing.uk/the-white-flats/) - The White Flats (2024) Film by Anna Price, Marc Silver, Jo McCafferty and Rachel Stevenson A film exploring the qualities of Highgate New Town Phase 1 (known as the Whittington Estate), a housing estate built for the London Borough of Camden between 1972 and 1979, from the perspective of it’s residents. 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