Unit A

Unit A is a research-led BSc Architecture Design Studio at the University of East London, lead by Carsten Jungfer and Fernanda Palmieri. We work with live-project situations and connect design learning with research through knowledge exchange between students and external partner organisations. Unit A focuses on social-spatial conditions within contested urban contexts and understands architectural design both as a spatial and strategic response to specific socio-spatial contexts.

30/01/2013

Under the Cranes Film at Bishopsgate library 7 pm 13th February












Mixing rare film footage from Hackney Archives with freshly shot cinematography, Under the Cranes is a lyrical, painterly evocation of Hackney over several hundred years. Based on Michael Rosen's poetic play for voices, we hear from Shakespeare in Shoreditch, a Jamaican builder, a Turkish Barber and the 43 Group taking on Moseley in Dalston. Join Director of Under the Cranes, Emma-Louise Williams, with Michael Rosen and Ken Worpole as they discuss how the film celebrates diversity whilst critiquing the rush for urban "regeneration".