810mm x 594mm
Drawing Shortlisted for the RIBAJ Eyeline Competition 2017
Airpocalypse is a narrative illustration completed for a group Design Think Tank project at the LSA.
Tackling the growing issue of air pollution within urban centres, we pedestrianized main roads in London, re-appropriating the space for public use and educational programs. To implement the scheme, incremental active measures would set precedent in the city, resulting in a car-less clean air environment. Children are a highly vulnerable demographic in polluted air environments, so the proposal seeks to immediately reduce pollution around the worst affected school locations.
The A1 illustration is composed as an abstract timeline focusing on Edgware road as a central thread to the image. Following the narrative from the existing polluted London skyline it portrays the initial activism and spatial propositions designed to raise awareness. In the foreground it illustrates a future clean air environment, complete with community library, gardens and play streets.