the people’s republic of dalston
ds1 daniel lam
paris, 2011
my interests
my exploration methods
PEOPLE
film photography
SPACE
walking/cartography dialectograms
PLACE
storyboards
i have been researching what certain places and objects mean to certain people in hackney. these meanings have been explored through existing situations and imagining new ones.
space
people
society
“Nothing disappears completely ... In space, what came earlier continues to underpin what follows” lefebvre 1991 what happens when what defines a physical space is temporary? is the social space ephemeral?
MEMORIES AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH PHYSICAL SPACE ARE WHAT CONSTRUCT SOCIAL SPACE DALSTON IN THE 80’S HOLLIGAN
RIDLEY ROAD MARKET IS lIMITED TO WHAT IT MEAN TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT. IT IS A FACILITATOR OF SITUATIONS. THE MARKET IS TEMPORARY BUT THE SPACE IS PERMENANT
HOLLIGAN 2017
ridley road market
ridley road market stalls
EXPLOADED SITE PLAN
ridley road market from south
PERMANENT
EPHEMERAL PERMANENT
studio themes neoliberalism social stratification austerity social justice we should not idealise modernism and we should be designing from the bottom up. by listening to the people
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.� Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities
plan voisin, 1925
the society of the spectacle, 1967
pruit igoe, 1972
new everest CONCEPT The inaccessible city at new heights above the highest point on earth.. A society with the perfect balance. 99/1 is the social equilibrium. DESCRIPTION Man has now developed beyond its existing cities. This is a groundless world, above the earth we where the upper classes now live separated from the people below. New Everest is built around intelligent infrastructure which creates the opportunity for rapid development. For this to work the upper class becomes second to Artificial Intelligence. All are monitored by a satellite above. This vertical living is constantly growing, maximising production of capital. The complexity of the city is to show the constant struggle of its people keeping up with the forever growing infrastructure. This references the machines power over the workers in Metropolis (1927). This is a competition between the upper class and the infrastructure. A metaphor for the capitalist struggle to stay afloat (represented physically). The story of the drawing is the lower classes on a journey towards New Everest. Little do they know that it is an unreachable city. The gap between the city and the Everest’s peak is just big enough to stop them. This is a critique of the idealised view of neoliberalism (represented in the new world), it points out the visible issue of the American Dream (shown in the idealistic imagery). The ‘boat’ contains extracts of social and spatial issues consequential to the neoliberal agenda. The passengers are expressed in colour to show their naivety towards the american dream. Through closer inspection one can see that the new world does not touch the mountain. The point is that, from afar the world looks accessible. The modernist and postmodernist ideologies that facilitated the creation of New Everest are placed at the back of the boat.
SATELLITE The satellite has the highest view of the new and old worlds. It oversees their peoples. It acts as the all seeing eye, surveilling all situations. Controlling the social hierarchy to maintain the 99/1 social equilibrium. HELICOPTERS The helicopters are restricted to LEVEL 02 and above. They give new world’s citizens an amazing view overlooking the beautiful views of the old world favelas. Tourist tours are available with guides. Remember consuming keeps us high in the sky. DRONES The drones police the world making sure people stay in their rank. LIFT The litts take the citizens to the next level as the structure grows. Their levels are limited depending on your social class. SKYSCRAPER Are throughout the city with people building higher to get closer to the top. HOUSING The city allows for elevated living. SKYWALK The infrastructure creates walkways to all over. FAVELAS The favelas take the form of the compartments in the boat. Each expressing a social issue.
the story of the pool koolhaas 1977 the continuous monument superstudio 1969
view within new everest
drone view of new everest
the situationist international an organisation of social revolutionaries
responding to
the political conext of their time.
situationist ‘one engaged in the construction of situations’ (debord, 1958)
explorationist - derivative a personal approach of generating situations. how one creates relationships between people, place and space
the situationist international ford 2004 telling the story of guy debord and his life’s work. these techniques for life show how one can truely live their theory, the methods i took on were very close to my own methodology.
the situationist city sadler 1999 the derive of paris. the ideas of walking a city. how i also like to explore. by letting the city guide me.
psychogeographic map of venice
cartography of paris
situation “moment of life, concretely and deliberately constructed by the collective organisation of a unitary environment and a game of events�. (debord, 1958) i make my own definition as the moment a specific person creates a memory or association at a specific time and place. eg. social space (lefebvre)
seven sisters
seven sisters
After coming off the overground a couple of guys shouted “cheese” so i took their photo.
After coming off the overground a couple of guys shouted “cheese” so i took their photo.
ladie people buying their groceries people buying their Two grocerie
closed down tesco and new caribbean restaurant
closed down tesco and new caribbean restaurant jewish boy cycling young jewish boy young cycling St Ignatius Catholic Church Catholic Church St Ignatius
following the notable following jewish thedemographic notable jewish demographic
tower blocks
tower blocks
stoke newington common
stoke newington common
New Bobov Synagogue New Bobov Synagogue
clapton common
clapton common
found the syagogue found the syagogue adjacent to a church adjacent to a church
following buses
the shackwell arms - friends play their younger demographic
following buses
the shackwell arms - friends play their younger demographic
public bat
the rio ci cultural s for dalsto
trains going south trains going south
starting somewhere i have never been before, sevevn sisters.
psychogeographic psychogeographic map // seven map
I began my derive of hackney. this was a method for me to
find my site through exploration. following what caught my interest, rambling towards the nodes of the city. i found my way back to ridley road market.
psychogeographic map//seven sisters to dalston
walking to south tottenham Two ladies relaxing in tottenham
keep out I turned down egerton road to see the synagogue
contractors compound over pavement
Self build
view of the reservoirs from clapton common
public bath house the rio cinema cultural spot for dalston
p // seven sisters to dalston
being told off for taking photos at the community centre very different reasons than at canary wharf
police in the common
kingsland road
es
abandoned offices
cartography of hackney nodes
cartography of hackney routes
urban voids philadelphia a project aiming to create activity in a deprived urban environment. i spent some time trying to find voids in dalston
SEVEN SISTERS
DALSTON
derive OF HACKNEY
on a bus ride to dalston a stranger asks: “what are you filming?” he jumps in to say “navarino mansions” that is where you’ll find architecture in dalston
this man was none other than loving dalston’s david altheer. activist and journalist. life long resident of dalston.
the story of how i met david altheer, twice
as i am outside ridley road market bar on a sunday morning. The same david is walking his dog down the road. He says “i take it you ignored my advice”
so... i went... and there wasn’t much there! But! i did realise this is what my project is abaout: listening to the people and the street.
a critique on the use of phones and cameras today
‘ne travaillez jamais’ - DEBORD’S FAMOUS SLOGAN. IRONICALLY NEXT TO A CORPORATE STOCK PHOTO
HACKNEY DETOURNEMENT
kruger barbra - untitled
they live 1988 - still
AN ADVERT FOR SOCIETY-SPECS. A PRODUCT THAT STOP YOU SEEING THE TRUTH. THE OPPOSITE TO THEY LIVE
a critique on the COMMODIFICATION OF WATER. THE ETHICS OF WHAT SHOULD BE A HUMAN RIGHT.
LA DOMINATION DE SPECTACLE SUR LA VIE situationist international
‘ne travaillez jamais’ DEBORD’S GRAFFITI PARIS
day // situations on ridley road
films - ridley road as an ephemeral space
night // a millennial perspective
THE EXPLORATIONIST MANIFESTO EXPLORE SPACE ENGAGE SENSES listen and watch the street combine sound and vision hijack and appropriate spacE This is a methodology developed around social space and all it encompasses. Explorationists should experience and produce situations through direct action. We encourage physical solutions to social issues. There is no architecture or architect only time, space and situations. Since cities are defined by their people, then the space we are exploring is social space. This methodology will give explorationists spatial awareness in a social sense. This methodology will create a political agenda within the exposed. The situationists want you to drift, we want to create something to drift towards. Since people are what define a city, then we are not exploring a network of streets, but a network of people. Therefore, to understand a city you must first understand its people. To understand its people we first must communicate. This is culture. People’s common ground and connection. Art is the manifestation of culture. Therefore, we must absorb and create the artistic expressions of the city. What better place to start than Jazz, the archetypal sound of the oppressed. In this world non emotionally expressive mediums are effectively obsolete. They do not quantify social data. It is not profound or connected to its creator. Bureaucratic and political systems cannot communicate social injustice. They dehumanise society. Explorationists should only record expressive mediums.
“Space is a social morphology: it is to lived experience what form itself is to the living organism, and just as Intimately bound up with function and Structure� lefebvre 1991
DIALECTOGRAM of ridley road market
occupations of ridley road market Permanent/ephemeral/permanent Jim’s butchers Lagos island Mediterranean fish + meat mbogis fashion good groove music u+i trimmings his grace beauty money line uk turk balikcisi ararit bread km meat salon kash wura food wura cosmetics boboto indys’s fish Supplement warehouse bags shop adom trading variety time repairs punjab fish + meat dalston frozen fish Genesis afro continental foods obosei phone traders sika asem videos + cds zineey’s designz watch repairs new malam market barnet bros butchers going places tota food store vawda’s textiles dalston butchers afzali enterprises - rugs + carpets phone junction henna beauty
pak’s hair
dalston police office
kingsland butchers kingsland butchers kingsland accessories kingsland accessories kingsland grocer kingsland grocer kashmir kebabskashmir kebabs kingsway butchers kingsway butchers party party party party mr bagel
mr bagel
pak butchers pak butchers coral betting coral betting phone accessories phone accessories bedding, carpets, bedding, curtains carpets, + rugs curtains + rugs joy cosmetics joy cosmetics tom’s bakery tom’s bakery tap meat shop tap meat shop mk sescape sierraleon mk sescape foods sierraleon foods arabic food and arabic spices food and spices caribbean butchers caribbean butchers alpha+omega variety alpha+omega store variety store ridley villas ridley hostel villas hostel ridley road market ridleybar road market bar ridley road shopping ridley road centre shopping centre raffels jewllers raffels jewllers adwoa
adwoa
touch of classtouch hair of salon class hair salon doomed gallerydoomed gallery dalston mill fabrics dalston mill fabrics lady angels hair ladysalon angels hair salon salon
salon
kk fashion
kk fashion
Destinations and levels of commerce 1:4000
the occupations of ridley road market
the people of ridley road - ryzman, 2011
TAMARA STOLL - ridley road postcards Photographer shows residents old photos for reactions
community participation
making space in dalston - muf art/architecture research into existing social, cultural and physical assets
Memories of East London Daniel Lam
memories of east london is my personal record of what i have seen i intend to volunteer at ridley road with poopa
archive photos of ridley road clr james library, dalston
the girl chewing gum john smith 1976
the man phoning mum john smith 2011 overlaying of different moments in history in dalston.
‘a round-the-world-in-three-hundred-yards street’ patrick wright description of roidley road
my Artefacts of ridley road market
poopa’s reggae cd
my hackney library card
hackney today
market trader
newspaper
newspaper
dalston os map
dalston os map
1870
1913
dalston os map
dyke and dryden
1894
ridley road business men
Tea for 2000 Pamela Wells ‘encouraged people to engage with one another to produce a space of conversation’ Jane Rendall
sculpture made from artefacts found on ridley road
VITTURI, 2013
the council stop renewing temporary licences at hackney waste market the council have the power to remove the trader’s licences how will ridley road react?
paris trip derive of bellville bellville is a creative neighbourhood in east paris with a famous street market
jewish memorial photogram sound recordings to be played in film through space
the society of the imagination story board of a fictional dalston comics have been utilised as a medium for me to generate hypothetical scenarios.
towards an autonomous society Christiana copenhagen Independent of the Danish government. ‘Freetown Christiania is a mix of homemade houses, workshops, art galleries, music venues, cheap and organic eateries, and beautiful nature. (visit copenhagen)
the autonomous city vasudevan 2017 squatting hijacking permanent spaces
food city lim 2014 food as an alternative economic system
design anthropology gunn, otto, smith 2013 designing with people
iveria hotel georgia tbilisi
walter segall - self build
kowloon walled city
metamorphis of ridley road change of use / day and night
micromegas libeskind
the people’s republic of dalston section
Bibliography society of the spectacle Guy Debord
the production of space Henri Lefebvre
dalston in the 80s Andrew Holligan
hackney archive
art and architecture jane rendell
the situationist city simon sadler
the situationist international simon ford
Delirious new york rem koolhaas
vertical stephen graham society of the spectacle the death and life of great American cities Jane jacobs
Internationale situationniste. Bulletin central Êd. par les sections de l’Internationale situationniste, 12 numbers, ed. Guy-Ernest Debord, Paris, Jun 1958-Sep 1969
the autonomous city vasudevan 2017
food city lim 2014
design anthropology gunn, otto, smith 2013
guy debord