Spatial

A mile south of the bustling centre of Manchester is Hulme. An unassuming part of the city much like any other modern inner city. Hulme though was the location of one of the most disastrous social housing experiments in British history. Occupying the area for two decades, it was a formidable home of misery and crime. Standing in the Hulme today, you could easily be mistaken for thinking it never existed. It's like someone, attempting to hide any trace of their mistake - scrubbed the area clean. No one could have predicted the madness and chaos that unfolded. Especially at the beginning. Especially when Hulme crescents were first built. Further Reading and sources: Manchester History Tony Wilson in Hulme, Manchester. 1993. Regeneration Doc ExHulme Guestbook - Really interesting stories from former residents. We moved to Hulme and we were in heaven: A Manchester story of happy childhoods and broken dreams - Manchester Evening News Hollis, Edward. The Secret Lives of Buildings: from the Ruins of the

In Prague during the years leading up to World War One an unusual and distinct style of architecture was created. Developed by a small, radical group of young architects motivated by desires to create architecture that originated from artistic imagination alone, free from external influence. Tragically short lived; only a few examples exist of this idealistic and unique architecture. Further Reading and sources: Modern Architecture in Czechoslovakia and Other Writings - Karel Teige, Culture and Customs of the Czech Republic and Slovakia - Craig Stephen Cravens, Prague - Sadakat Kadri, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture - Stephen Sennott, Books on Google Play Art and Life in Modernist Prague: Karel Čapek and his Generation, 1911-1938 - T. Ort, Function versus Form in Czech Cubism: Architecture and Furniture Design - Lyndsay Bratton, Cubism in architecture and the applied arts: Bohemia and France, 1910-1914 - Ivan Margolius, CZECH INVENTORS Cubist architecture - Radio Prague, EXHIBITION &am

A brief look at the history of prefabricated housing, mainly focusing on the Manning Portable Cottage.  Further Reading and sources: An encompassing history and guide to prefabricated buildings: The Prefabricated Home - Colin Davies One of the must-reads for any architecture student, or anyone interested in architecture:  Toward an Architecture - Le Corbusier A fantastic read for anyone interested in the history of silent comedies, especially Buster Keaton - obviously. Buster Keaton remembered - Eleanor Keaton Prefab Architecture: A Guide to Modular Design and Construction - Ryan E Smith Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling - Barry Bergdoll, Peter Christensen MOMA Home Delivery Exhibition 2008 The old Sears Catalogue where, the Kit-home is featured: 1908 Modern Homes Catalogue, page 54 Curbed.com - Frank Lloyd Wright's forgotten prefabs A great piece by Jim Zarroli, with many overlaps: NPR - Prefab: From Utilitarian Home To Design Icon The Ford Motors documentary 1919: "Home" made :

A Look at Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon    Further Reading and sources: The Environmental Psychology of Prisons and Jails: Creating Humane Spaces in Secure Settings Forms of Constraint: A History of Prison Architecture The Watching- Eye Effect on Prosocial Lying We - Yevgeny Zamyatin The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 4 Victorian Minds: A Study of Intellectuals in Crisis and Ideologies in Transition