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The Brutalist Playground

10 Jun-16 Aug 2015

Riba, Royal Institute Of British Architects
London W1B 1AD

Overview

The Brutalist Playground will be an immersive, touchable and conceptual exhibition that will occupy the entire Architecture Gallery at 66 Portland Place. A commission by architecture collective Assemble and artist Simon Terrill, the exhibition will explore the abstract play spaces that were devised as part of housing estates in the mid-twentieth century, recreating visual elements from a number of London estates, including, Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, the Brunel Estate, Paddington and the Brownfield Estate, Poplar. In addition to the experimental installation, a two-screen projection will be used to display reproductions of archival material, contemporary photographs and still and moving images.