Critical Concerns 06 | Rave Revolution

Despite the UK's Acid House movement often being mentioned as one of the most influential centres from which club culture spread across the world (alongside Detroit's Techno and Chicago’s House[1]), the UK and the city of London still appears to have a turbulent relationship with club culture. After a global pandemic and lockdown, I believe that desire for these spaces will be at its highest in decades. The spaces that house the UK’s electronic music scene have suffered over recent years and it is imperative that, post-pandemic, it is allowed the space to take control of its own future.

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[1] Rief, S. (2009). Club Cultures: Boundaries, Identities and Otherness. London: Routledge, p,2.

With an

ever changing,

fast paced city

my enquiry seeks

to explore

the possibilities

of developers

and subculture

working together

to design in space

that facilitates

the cultivation of

'the underground'

while positively

affecting

the development

of the city

to make London

a nicer place

to live.