A Post Covid City by Hammad Haider is a hand drawing that reimagines Westminster and London after lockdown.
The drawing shows two perspective views of the Palace of Westminster, using the moment of Elizabeth Tower maintenance and the city’s post-lockdown adjustment to imagine a greener, quieter, more bikeable and more walkable London.
Project focus
The project is not trying to solve the whole city. Its strength is using one recognisable civic setting to ask what people wanted from London after Covid: cleaner air, calmer streets, more public space and easier movement without a car.
Design ideas to notice
- The Palace of Westminster gives the drawing a familiar public anchor.
- The post-Covid theme is translated into greener and more walkable urban space.
- Hand drawing helps the proposal feel reflective rather than purely technical.
- The project connects public health, movement and civic identity in one image-led argument.
Portfolio lesson from this project
A strong drawing should still have a clear thesis. Hammad’s project works when the reader understands what changed in the city, why Westminster matters and how the drawing imagines a different public realm.
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