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Robin Hood Gardens is a council housing complex in Poplar, London designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. It was intended as an example of the 'streets in the sky' concept: social housing characterised by broad aerial walkways in long concrete blocks, much like the Park Hill estate in Sheffield, and as a British response to projects like Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation. However, there were problems both with the quality of construction and the general design of the estate, which was plagued by crime. The project is generally regarded as a failure and the Smithsons' architectural career never quite recovered.
The estate covers about two hectares and consists of two long blocks, one of ten stories, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs and containing 213 flats, surrounding a landscaped green area and a small hill made from construction spoil. The flats themselves are a mixture of single-storey apartments and two-storey maisonettes, with wide balconies (the 'streets') on every third floor. The complex is located near Blackwall DLR station within sight of the nearby Balfron Tower.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_Gardens
Robin Hood Gardens es un complejo de viviendas sociales en Poplar, Londres, proyectado a finales de los 60 por los arquitectos Alison and Peter Smithson y completado en 1972. Fue un intento de materializar el concepto de 'calles en el cielo': viviendas sociales caraterizadas por unos pasajes desarrollados en altura dentro de largos bloques de viviendas construidos en hormigón armado, similares a Park Hill en Sheffield, y la respuesta británica a proyectos como la 'Unidad de Habitación' de Le Corbusier. De cualquier manera, hubo problemas con la calidad de la construcción y con el diseño general del complejo, que se convirtió en una zona peligrosa, delictivamente hablando. El proyecto se considera un fracaso y la carrera profesional de los Smithson nunca se recuperó totalmente de él.
El complejo ocupa unas 2 hectáreas y consiste en 2 largos bloques, uno de 10 pisos y otro de 7, construidos con losas prefabricadas de hormigón armado; con 213 viviendas y rodeando una zona verde con una pequeña colina hecha de escombros procedentes de la construcción. Las viviendas son una mezcla de pisos de una planta y duplex, con anchos balcones (las 'calles en el cielo') cada 3 plantas.
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This has been in the news recently. Tower Hamlets council wants to demolish it, and 80% of the residents agree. However, some architects, notably Richard Rogers (Pompidou Centre, Millenium Dome, Welsh National Assembly), disagree, and bd (Building Design - the architects' website) has been running a campaign to save it. Richard Rogers likened it to Georgian terraces in Bath, and believes it should be listed.
Interesting article in The Observer newspaper, 2 March 2008.
BBC videos: Demand to demolish "carbuncle" A look inside the "carbuncle"
 Photos on Flickr by joseph beuys hat
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On the 1st July 2008 Building Design reported that Robin Hood Gardens will NOT be listed as a historical landmark...
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