“London Docklands” is a series of illustrations that envisions the future of this iconic area, exploring how urban living may evolve in response to social, technological, and environmental changes. The project imagines a London where family-friendly, shared communities flourish, connected by an advanced network of public transport, with railways and tracks dominating the cityscape. In this future, daily life – including work, leisure, and home life – revolves around a seamless transport system, making the city highly efficient and interconnected.

The project also reflects on how technological advances will transform the job market, with new professions constantly emerging as the city’s functions evolve. As land becomes increasingly scarce, skyscrapers rise higher, reshaping the city’s skyline and expanding human activity upwards. At the same time, the illustrations highlight the importance of ecological balance and sustainable living, envisioning a pollution-free city. However, with the ongoing threat of global warming, there is also a possibility of a flooded Docklands, where citizens must adapt to a world shaped by rising sea levels and the unpredictable forces of nature.

• Research

At the beginning of this project, I had a field trip from Tower Gateway to Canary Wharf and then went to the Greenwich. I tried to record the location of this trip and find “0 Longtitude” at Greenwich Observatory. Meanwhile, I found the Isle of Dogs is a really interesting area, so I studied the history of this area.

London Docklands is one of the largest and most successful urban redevelopment projects because it has been transformed a dying industrial area into one of the most thriving financial hubs.

This mapping describes the past, the present and the future in London Docklands.

• Mindmap

• London Docklands Current and Future Scenarios

Citizens might be live in the family friendly communities such as the shared community.
Future mobility – There will be full of tracks and public transport will dominate the city. At the same time, people’s lives and travel are all about railways (including all the food, clothing, life, work…)
New kinds of jobs will keep popping up. Future career will be changed as for the emergence of new technologies and the shift of area function.
Land will be occupied by buildings and human activities. Skyscrapers probably get more and more and then take over the city.
Continuous ecological balance and sustainable development influence future citizens’ lifestyle. There is a possibility that everything will be no pollution. Of courese, as for the global warming, the future city will have a chance to become a flooded city and people will be swallowed up by the environment.

• Exhibition in Dyson Gallery

Oct. 2019 – Dec. 2019