{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Negroni Talks","title":"Negroni Talks #52 - “Kiss My Kl-arse” : how influential is CLASS in the creation our built environment?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5923,"description":"As Robert Hughes stated in The Shock Of The New, “In the C19th, Architecture built palaces for the rich, villas for the upper bourgoise, and ceremonial structures for the state.” and “the poor, the invisible ones, they had no architecture. They had slums.” Whilst architects in the C20th sought to address this inequality through utopian ideals and design manifestos and often working within the state aparatus, do we find ourselves in a C21st world in which CLASS still remains a prevalent factor in our built environment and if so, what effect does this have on what gets built?There seem to be 3 factors at play; the DESIGN of buildings, spaces and places, the DELIVERY of that design and then the question of WHO those designs are actually for, who benefits from them?The old argument goes that you can’t design anything by committee. However, DESIGN as a process does raise questions about dialogue, openness and collaboration, and about who is involved, how egalitarian it is and who ultimately decides. What design is and who designers are, puts a spotlight on accessibility and education, from the level of design awareness fostered in children of all ages, to the system of fee-paying university education, the resulting qualifications and how necessary/useful this actually is. One may ask ‘are people from all classes equally represented within the spatial design professions?’ Conversely, one can also ask ‘why would any self respecting person, irrespective of background, choose to go into these professions?’ and finally, do these professions have the imagined controlling influence over what design is anyway?The DELIVERY of buildings and our built environment can be characterised as being highly collaborative, but also frequently combative. So what are we to make of a battleground where antagonism can arise from the conflicting agendas of middle class professional, the working class trades, the monied clients and institutions ranging from corporate finance through to the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YqTNBNYF5k6XuTKOQ4ADVNOkn_QjV4uhxNX8LwXrEe8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMTc4/MTE1MWZhNmNjZDY2/ZGRhYzFmNTU0MjM2/ZDc0Ny5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}