'Manplan' was conceived by the Architectural Review as an analysis of the state of architecture and urban planning at the end of the 1960s. The aim was to propose an alternative and more holistic approach to urban planning, which would look at all basic human needs as a whole.
The photographs illustrating the issues were created in the spirit of photo reportage and often featured people inhabiting the spaces studied by the survey, thereby shifting the focus from the architecture itself to the human element within the built environment.
Event participants will be given access to a selection of the original photographs used for ‘Manplan’ and will hear from the RIBA's Photographs Curator about the revolutionary nature of this editorial and photographic project.
This event is supported by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and delivered by RIBA as part of the Association of Art History’s Art History Festival.
