{"id":13606,"date":"2016-05-19T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/darkness-is-a-luxury-not-granted-to-britains-council-estates\/"},"modified":"2016-05-19T13:19:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T06:19:05","slug":"darkness-is-a-luxury-not-granted-to-britains-council-estates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/darkness-is-a-luxury-not-granted-to-britains-council-estates\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkness is a luxury not granted to Britain's council estates"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLighting in social housing aims for maximum visibility for better CCTV surveillance. Only more affluent neighbourhoods have access to darknessMost people do not think of darkness as a luxury. But if you live in a council flat with a bulkhead light shining into your window all night long, you might. Light, especially in the urban realm, is a powerful thing. People make spaces through light, it is the stuff of our everyday lives \u2026 so perhaps it is not surprising that it reinforces the growing social inequality in our towns and cities.London\u2019s social housing estates are immediately recognisable by their bright, cold light from tall masts \u2013 lighting calibrated for maximum visibility to allow for better CCTV surveillance and the prevention of anti-social behaviour and crime. This kind of lighting marks out these spaces as problems to be dealt with functionally and configures them as less valued spaces for less valued people. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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