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Focus On: Robin Hood Gardens
Join V&A East for an afternoon exploring Robin Hood Gardens through community archives, oral histories, workshops, and films. Contribute to the conversation on ‘what makes home’ through discussion, image-sharing, and personal objects
Focus On: Robin Hood Gardens centres the largest object in V&A East Storehouse: a 3-storey section from Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, east London, which was demolished between 2017 and 2025.
We've been working with former residents and young East Londoners to uncover stories about life on the estate and explore themes of social housing and community action amidst a city in a housing crisis.
Join us for an afternoon to explore ‘How should we tell the story of Robin Hood Gardens?’, co-curated with young people from V&A East’s Robin Hood programme.
There’s Rice at Home (Invite Only) (11:00 – 13:00)
A welcome morning and community meal for residents, curated by Cristina Silva (@csessien) and Hanifah Anam
Robin Hood: The Arts of Occupation (Spoken Word Performance) (13:30 – 15:30)
Spoken word performances reflecting on home, housing and belonging by
Ikram Chowdhury (@ikramphotos), Faith Iyobhebhe (@Faithxyo), Sadia Aziza and Sam Elbahja (@s_elbahja)
Robin Hood: Past the Concrete (Short Film Screening) (14:00 – 15:00)
Join for a series of short film screenings reflecting on the social housing, gentrification and urbanism in London:
Join for a series of short film screenings reflecting on the social housing, gentrification and urbanism in London:
Robin Hood: Past the Concrete (Nate Agbetu, 2025)
Chicken Shop (Lindsay Knight, 2014)
Friends of the Queen (Khadija Alban, 2025)
Brutalist Premolition (Gail Pickering, 2008)
Migrate Journey (Nurull Islam, Lindsay Knight, 2019)
Tower XYZ (Ayo Akingbade, 2016)
Curated by Sophie Mably (@sophnotfie) and Mara Ahmed (@kindacoolmara)
What Makes Home? (Making Workshop) (14:00 – 16:00)
Reimagine what home means by transforming overlooked London spaces through collage. Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring memory, belonging, and the spaces we cherish.
Reimagine what home means by transforming overlooked London spaces through collage. Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring memory, belonging, and the spaces we cherish.
Curated by Serra Abbie Luthena (@serra_abbie) and Mara Ahmed (@kindacoolmara)
Community Archives: 25 Years of Millenium Green (Display) (13:00 – 17:00)
From organising community get-togethers to documenting meetings with councillors, this archive reveals how Robin Hood Gardens’ community campaigned to preserve the estate, collected by Sister Christine Frost (Director, SPLASH)
Discuss how you can contribute to a growing community archive.
Beyond Justice, Toward Liberation (Panel Discussion) (16:00 – 17:00) A live conversation on Robin Hood Gardens and the future of social housing, featuring leading writers, community activists and curators Asma Begum, Nabil Al-Kinani, Nate Agbetu, Sister Christine Frost, Ben Swaby Selig and Afia Yeboah.
Event photography by Hoi Long Lai (Adrian) (@along.journey_) and Alfie Winslow (tiktok: @Sh0tbyak)
