Behind the Lines of Everyday Public Spaces

Location: Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, 22 Gordon St, London WC1H 0QB. Room no 6.01 and 6.02 (6th Floor) | Map
Language: English

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Image Credit: DECOLAB and Kıvıcılm Göksu Toprak

DECOLAB invites you to step into an immersive, participatory series hosted by University College London that explores the hidden stories woven into the fabric of our public spaces.

From the alleyways of Chennai to the contested corners of Istanbul and into the emergent spaces of belonging in the UK, this event invites you to reimagine the city through the lenses of memory, displacement, resistance, and belonging. Engage in interactive storytelling, participatory art-making, and sensory reconstructions of spaces that no longer exist — or exist only in fragments.

This is not a conventional exhibition. It is a living archive, a collaborative exploration, and a call to re-map the city together.

This event is open to adults who are curious about the textures of everyday urban life, including artists, international students, designers, activists, and local community members seeking deeper engagement with place, identity, and urban transformation.

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"With an International Fellowship I was able to receive the mentorship, time and resources that I needed to help me sit in my ideas. As a result, I am now more confident that the ideas I endeavour to put forward, informed, predominantly, by African and Southern experiences and theories, have value beyond my immediate geographies."

Dr Wangui Kimari, International Fellowship

Urban Studies Foundation is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC039937.

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