The urban plan for Kingsway and Aldwych completely altered the street landscape between 1901 and 1905. Carving out a direct path from the river towards central London, including a the Kingsway tram tunnel, This new highway disturbs the pedestrian nature of the surrounding area. I propose to re-pedestrianize Southampton Row through surgery of the surface of the City. Through excavation and uncovering of existing hidden infrastructure and exposing formerly hidden service infrastructure. A new landscape will exist, where the vertical layering of the City becomes ambiguous, service pipes become visible and accessible and existing historical infrastructure can be re-engineered and made public. A Working environment for maintenance workers will collide with pedestrians and office workers or locals in the Park whilst archaeologists will be working directly beneath. Creating a post-infrastructural landscape that would have the capacity to slowly reshape over time.

Collage sampling

Surface recording apparatus

Recording samples

New Belgrade vertical reading

Old Belgrade vertical reading

Site Map

Underground infrastructure

Southampton Row infrastructure

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