Let Slip

Everything man needs can be contained within nine square metres.

A husband and wife, both architects, believe that the ideal home size is nine square metres and design a tower block accordingly. But as the estate they build falls into disrepair and becomes a notorious no-go zone, riot is in the air and the blame falls on them.

Machines For Living is a provocative production about housing, communities and segregation, inspired by the architects of the '60s and '70s who believed tower blocks would create urban utopias. It asks urgent questions about social housing, segregation and the urban landscape.

Is the problem the buildings?

Or the people in them?