Get Luder
Our projects piece this week looked at the regeneration of the multi-storey car park. Even brutalist parking blocks, for which the term 鈥渕onstrosity鈥� had previously been too good, are being saved or mourned.
Trinity Square car park in Gateshead was a celebrity of its architectural genre, famous for its part in the Michael Caine film Get Carter 鈥� and had starred in this magazine before.
In 2005, besuited architect Owen Luder boarded the train to Newcastle 鈥渢o confront the people of Gateshead鈥� and protect the car park he had designed 40 years previously from demolition.
We set the scene: 鈥淰engeance has a new face 鈥� starts May 20, a 黑洞社区 production. Starring Owen Luder as himself.鈥�
鈥淕ET LUDER鈥�.
The stand-off was just as tense as the original production 鈥� one man versus the varying and not always complimentary opinions of the public.
鈥淚鈥檇 still tear it down,鈥� said one brave 鈥� or foolhardy 鈥� woman. To find out if anybody got chucked off the edge, click here.
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