The ideological onslaught by the Conservative government and developers that is now castigating post-war housing as ‘sink estates’ contains a clear intention to displace poorer inhabitants from central London in favour of wealthier residents. How, then, might wholesale gentrification be resisted? While acknowledging the deficiency of Welfare State housing in its lack of social facilities, as well as the need for more varied dwelling types today, including for multigenerational families, this reshaping of a 1970s block near to Euston Station imagines a partial decanting to insert a playful community centre, alongside shared spaces between dwellings for used as larger family dining-rooms and such like..
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