Over 1 million homes and buildings in England lie derelict or empty of which at least 80,000 are in London. This project focused on an empty community building - Gayton Road Library in Harrow. The Library, built in the 1960s was once a 'living' building filled with books and people. This project documented the traces left behind when the building had been emptied of its contents and neglected for several months.
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