Fluid Grounds is a practice-based research project that dismantles the systems that shape our relationship with and response to rising water mitigation in London throughout history. As water levels rise, the large-scale engineering needed to provide safety forms a mode of concealment around watery environments, creating a land/water binary. At the same time, the demand of rising populations and the corresponding need for urban growth is forcing these new developments into precarious areas.

The objects are made to transform public landscapes by responding dynamically to natural forces. They embody a scenario where large-scale developments require additional measures to kerb flooding. At the same time, Fluid Grounds demonstrates that there are multiple and more local approaches to rising water levels outside of large-scale, monogamous development projects.

Fluid Grounds is my MA Graduation project and is awarded a distinction, as well as a nomination for the
Maison Zero Award.

Fluid Grounds