Join researcher Sally Watson as she explores the importance of making space to play. Particularly referencing Newcastle’s Byker Estate and architect Ralph Erskine’s Byker office archive, Watson will investigate the varying influences on the design of public space for children in the 1970s using the Play Rebellion exhibition at BALTIC as a setting.

Sally Watson is a researcher based in the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape at Newcastle University. She has degrees in both architecture and planning and has worked in museums, archives and architects’ practices. Her current research explores the child-centric values embodied in the design of the Byker Estate, Newcastle, and asks whether these are relevant to children’s lives today.

This event is part of Playing Up, a series of discussions, workshops, networks and ideas-sharing events exploring play and its role in place, relationships and disruption, as part of Pippa Hale: Play Rebellion at BALTIC.

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