MEGACITY LONDON MAP
By Stephanie Bickford-Smith with students from Charter School East Dulwich and Harris Academy Peckham
Animated by Sprankenstein Studio
By 2050 London is expected to become a megacity as its population rises above 10 million people. Megacity London will be built by the engineers of the future - what kind of world will they create?
Stephanie Bickford-Smith, artist, designer, creative facilitator, devised a series of online workshops and ran these with pupils from Charter School East Dulwich and Harris Academy Peckham.
The pupils took on the roles of future engineers to create their vision for six Megacity London districts in 2050. Engineers from Mott MacDonald and Buro Happold also joined the workshops to hear from the pupils, and provide insights on the range of areas that engineering covers.
During the workshops pupils were assigned fictional industries, such as Smog Traders, Rain Choreographers, to consider the resources they would need when designing their district, such as availability of sunlight, space to build, access to the ground, and access to the sky.
Microcosms emerged within each district as the pupils debated whether their industry had sustainable innovation at its heart, or sought to develop and build. The pupils also mapped the relationships between their districts, by assessing mutual benefits including whether industry waste could be recycled as a new energy source, or where financial partnerships could arise.
The district maps displayed as part of Megacity London are the result of the students’ planning and collaboration. They give us a vision of London’s future through the eyes of the people who will become its keepers.
Find out more: guerillascience.org/megacity-london
4 сен 2024
