Robin Hood GardensAlison & Peter SmithsonLondon, UkYear of completion : 1972

Alison & Peter Smithson

Associated with Team 10 and ist revolt against the old philosophies of high modernism of CIAM, the international platform for modern architects.

New Brutalism ( A. & P. Smithson)

Structuralism ( Aldo van Eyck)

Modern architecture designed with low cost, easilyavailable materials and sought for each building to bedesigned according to its location and its use.

The Economist building, London

Leaders in Englands post-war architecture.

Hunstanton Secondary Modern School

Modern architecture designed with low cost, easily availablematerials and sought for each building to be designed accordingto its location and its use.

Post-war britain, when residential towers werebeing built as a symbol of progress after the war.

The main theme of Robin Hood gardens is protection

stress free zone

The source of noise The quiet garden

Pre-cast acoustic boundary wall. The individual entrances.

Built from pre-cast concrete panels and columns.

Two horizontal structures wich include 213 apartments,

The buildings bend slightly inwards, hugging the urban garden between them.

In order to allow in more southern light, one of the buildings in ten stories high, while the other is seven stories.

The garden in the center includes a rising hill created by theremnants from construction.

Every third level of the buildings include a concrete balcony wide enough formultiple people to walk and for children to play.

streets in the sky

A serious denial in upkeep has made the apartments less desirable places to live.

ROBIN HOOD GARDENS TO BE DEMOLISHED.ArchDaily, March 2012

FRESH BID TO SAVE ROBIN HOOD GARDENS FROM DEMOLITIONArchDaily, March 2015

RICHARD ROGERS CALLS FOR ARCHITECTS TO HELP SAVE "EXCEPTIONAL" ROBIN HOOD GARDENS

Dezeen, June 2015

ROBIN HOOD GARDENS, ONCE AGAIN, LOOKS SET TO BE DEMOLISHED.

ArchDaily, August 2015