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How can the relevance of commodity in the 21st century communicate itself into the form of modern architecture?

South London is a series of gang islands, the boundaries are invisible yet aggressively maintained and patrolled by their members.

The 27 gangs identified in Lambeth by the Metropolitan Police have a name and identity signified by graffiti tags and typically, coloured bandanas. Crime and violence are mobilised as a currency to acquire social capital e.g. status, respect, power alongside a functional role in promoting group identity, solidarity and increasing the size of their ‘endz’ (gang territory).