Giroscope 40: Lunch Plus with Duncan Roberts and Caroline Gore-Booth

About this event

Based on the theme: Radical Ideas. Real Connections Giroscope introduces this talk about radical and community architecture Join us for a Lunch Plus talk with Duncan Roberts, self-build architect and long-time collaborator with Giroscope, reflecting on radical and community-led architecture in practice. Duncan worked with Giroscope on the construction of three timber-framed social houses in Hull. In conversation with Caroline Gore-Booth, he will explore how these projects sit within a wider tradition of radical architecture, drawing on the self-help and mutual aid ideas of anarchist thinker Colin Ward, whose work inspired Giroscope’s founding. This event forms part of Giroscope’s 2026 Lunch Plus series: Radical Ideas. Real Connections. For over forty years, Giroscope has transformed long-term empty and run-down houses into safe, sustainable, and affordable homes - and built new ones - demonstrating how collective action can address the housing crisis from the ground up. Beyond housing, Giroscope connects communities with policymakers, supports people into work, and creates spaces where social enterprise can thrive. Radical ideas. Real connections. Free