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C20 Society + Czech Centre: Designed to Belong: Modernism, Industry and Community (IHBC Recognised CPD Provider)
C20 Society + Czech Centre: Designed to Belong: Modernism, Industry and Community (IHBC Recognised CPD Provider)
Date: Thursday 11 June 2026 19:00 – 20:30
Where: In-person Czech Embassy 26 Kensington Palace Gardens
London W8 4QY
United Kingdom
Panel explores how architecture shapes belonging, from Baťa’s East Tilbury to today’s debates on community, identity and modernist planning.
Using the Bata village at East Tilbury as a starting point, it examines how modernist ideals, industrial ambition and community planning created a distinctive model of living. Historian Milan Balaban situates the settlement within the global story of Bata cities, while architectural historian Gillian Darley reflects on its significance for British modernism. Mick Pinion from the Bata Heritage Centre brings a local and heritage perspective on East Tilbury’s development and legacy, and architect Ondřej Chybík discusses contemporary lessons for urban planning. Chaired by John Tusa, the conversation links historical experiments to today’s questions of development, identity and place-making.
Cost: £6.13