http://adaptivereuse.net/2008/03/05/dont-be-brutal-to-robin-hood-gardens/ contemporary metamorphoses Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://adaptivereuse.net/2008/03/05/dont-be-brutal-to-robin-hood-gardens/#comment-41050 David Hicks Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:17:38 +0000 http://adaptivereuse.net/2008/03/05/dont-be-brutal-to-robin-hood-gardens/#comment-41050 Of course Robin Hood Gardens must be saved. Not only because the Smithsons were brilliant (and my heroes when studying in the 50s) but because it is simply unecological to destroy housing stock and rebuild. This causes huge pollution and waste. Look at Corb's Unite at Marseille. Previously widely condemned, I learnt on a recent visit it is now the place for professionals to live! Of course Robin Hood Gardens must be saved. Not only because the Smithsons were brilliant (and my heroes when studying in the 50s) but because it is simply unecological to destroy housing stock and rebuild. This causes huge pollution and waste. Look at Corb’s Unite at Marseille. Previously widely condemned, I learnt on a recent visit it is now the place for professionals to live!

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