Regenerative Docklands

Future of Living in 2075 rethinks social housing as a productive living system where housing, food production, work and community are integrated within a single architectural framework. Inspired by Sluishuis and its relationship between density, shared living and connection to nature, the project proposes a new urban housing model responding to affordability, urbanisation, food insecurity and climate change. The scheme challenges housing as a purely residential typology by embedding urban farming into everyday life through aquaponics, hydroponics, greenhouse growing and ground-level soil beds. These systems operate across communal and domestic scales, allowing living and working to coexist within the same environment. The project aims to maximise social, environmental and economic benefit through collective infrastructure. Shared farming spaces encourage community interaction, skill-sharing and local food production whilst reducing dependence on external supply chains. Productive landscapes extend from private apartments to terraces, circulation spaces and the ground-floor public realm, transforming the building into a self-sustaining ecosystem. Materially, the proposal uses charred timber as a primary façade treatment, selected for its durability, low maintenance and reduced embodied carbon, whilst reinforcing the project’s connection to nature. Ultimately, the project explores a future where social housing moves beyond shelter alone, becoming a resilient framework for living, producing and sustaining urban life collectively.