Reducing private car traffic and conquering obsolete transit infrastructure to create new green spaces for the community.

Our cities are changing. More and more people are moving to urban areas and by 2050 the United Nations has predicted that 68% of the world’s population will live in cities. With cities becoming denser, ways of life will have to change as well. Transportation and car usage must be rethought. It is very likely that private car ownership in the near future will decrease because of limited urban space and environmental impact. A change in attitude towards transportation can already be seen in several cities around the world. The project speculates how this change in car usage will affect spaces previously only used by cars.

The aim of this project is to reduced private car traffic and conquer obsolete transit infrastructure to create new green spaces for communities. The project focus is the Westway highway in west London and explores how it can be transformed to have another purpose. It considers construction, community and environment to find a strategy for reverting spaces spaces claimed for cars to suit people once more.