Located in Stratford at the UCL East Campus, the Urban Room is an experimental exhibition space for students, researchers, artists, and community members. Based on the idea of an ‘urban room’ as a forum for community-based debate and dialogue it brings together academic research and lived experiences of city residents to inspire meaningful education for our students and visitors.

Users of the Urban Room are invited to join a dynamic network of practice focused on issues of global urbanism, heritage, arts, and social history. The space is equipped with oral history recording and archiving capabilities through its initiative of a Memory Workshop.

Together, the Urban Room and Memory Workshop are supported by the Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment and the School for Creative and Cultural Industries at the University College London.

The Urban Room operates as a research-led teaching resource for two associated Master’s programmes, Urban Lab's Global Urbanism MASc, and Public History MA (History), as well as a space for engagement and participation by the wider academic community.