This week’s show: Charles Dickens and EcoCities
April 13, 2020
— Comics and landscape
On Wednesday April 15th at 5.30pm on Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB, Architecture Culture: Charles Dickens and EcoCities

Poster of and image included in Childhood in Dickensian London exhibition / Cover and interior art from smartcities, resilient landscapes + ecowarriors by C.J. Lim and Ed Liu, C.J. Lim lecturing at University of Brighton
Alex Fitch talks to architects, curators and practitioners who promote architecture in wider culture. This month: exhibition designer Rebecca Simpson discusses the creation of ‘Childhood in Dickensian London’ at Senate House Library, the process of chosing images for display and collaborating with curators.
Also, architect C.J. Lim talks about his visual explorations of EcoCities and other futuristic concerns in a variety of illustrated books, which incorporate comic strips, diagrams and models, including such titles as smartcities, resilient landscapes + ecowarriors, and his Realms of Impossibility trilogy.
5.30pm, Wednesday 15th April 2020, repeat broadcast 2.30am Friday 17th April, Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Childhood in Dickensian London microsite on Senate House website
More info at Social History website
Senate House Instagram page
C.J. Lim’s profile on UCL website
C.J. Lim / Studio 8 Architects website
Order books by C.J. Lim and Ed Liu from Amazon UK
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