Heart, Hearth and Housing
Heart, Hearth and Housing – Broadening the Housing Conversation
A Fourth Door Micro Symposium – 14.00 – 18.15 – June 3rd, 2023
Fitzroy House, Lewes, BN7 2AD (Search Fitzroy House, Lewes)
Tickets £6 benefits/students – Free – Register on Eventbrite
An afternoon micro-symposium focused on the interconnected themes of alternative, affordable, self-build and community living and housing. The afternoon is a collaboration with Bristol’s Agile, featuring speakers from their Radical Housing network.
The afternoon will mix national with local speakers, including Co-Housing, Community Land Trust, and Self-Build projects, along with speakers on related themes from universal access to old and new towns.
Speakers:
From Agile Homes’ Radical Housing network
Craig White (ex-White Design and Modcell, now Agile Homes/Property) on their TAM’s radical housing concept, including a new project in Lewes.
Guy Harris – Accessible PRS – Universal Design – campaigning for and ensuring accessibility across all buildings.
Pooran Desai, founder of OnePlanet, co-founder of Bioregional and the BedZED, Britain’s original eco-district (TBC)
Marek Kohn – writer, journalist, and author of the new book: The Stories Old Towns Tell
Tom Warder, Action for Rural Sussex, including the Phoenix development’s Co-Housing and more broadly, Community Land Trust in Sussex and elsewhere
Stella Peyerl and Zoe Wangler – Ecological Land Co-Operative
James Gardiner and Sam Jenner, Future Folk Sussex Co-Housing project
Further speakers to be confirmed
Booking, times and venue information
The afternoon will be at Fitzroy House, Lewes, BN7 2AD (Search Fitzroy House, Lewes)
Cost: Tickets £6 benefits/students – Free with proof – booking through Eventbrite
*Heart, Hearth and Housing is hosted by Fourth Door in association with MakingLewes
For further information please contact Fourth Door:
01273 473501
editorial@fourthdoor.org
www.fourthdoor.org
Heart, Hearth and Housing is supported by Lewes District Council and Agile Homes
