Ideas for projects can often work best when carefully refined down to a narrow and precise focus. But what happens when a multitude of forces are coming together to put a city in a state of flux and uncertainty?

Reflecting the challenges faced by the country as a whole but with aspects unique to itself as the capital, London can currently feel like a place at once familiar and increasingly unfamiliar. The issues affecting the city cut across every aspect of its life: its people, its geography, and its atmosphere. 

I walked London’s streets from Wood Green to Kensington, Shadwell to Vauxhall and experienced a sense of quietness that I’ve never known before. Quiet, that is, except for the construction, maintenance, security and delivery workers, getting on with their work with the streets to themselves. 

London is a city simultaneously preparing itself and shutting itself down. As one shop is renovated, next door another one closes. Will the city return to its former glory, and will a post-Brexit London remain a promised land for talented workers and artists from around the world?