The Park Hill estate in Sheffield is one of the most ambitious public housing schemes of the post-war years. The estate was designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith in 1953, working for Sheffield City Council under J L Womersley. Completed in 1961, Park Hill reflects both the influence of Peter and Alison Smithson's Golden Lane housing project and the deep impact made on housing design by Le Corbusier's L'Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles. Organized in conjunction with the AA exhibition and publication Park Hill - What Next?, this symposium seeks to put a case for the revision of modernist housing and offers a point of reference for a new framework for future decisions.
Narendra Bajaria, Chief Planning Officer for Sheffield, discusses the intersection of community, politics, architecture, and urbanism in relation to Park Hill and 'the challenge of change'.
Panel discussion with Chris Bacon, Martin Cherry, Narendra Bajaria. Moderated by Andrew Saint.