If Only We Will

Open from 20 – 28 June 2026.

London School of Architecture, Beechwood Road, London, E8 3DY.

Opening Hours: Sat 20 – Sun 21 June: 10am–5pm Mon 22 June: 10am–5pm Tue 23 – Fri 26 June: 10am–7pm Sat 27 – Sun 28 June: 10am–5pm

‘If Only We Will’ is an investigation into London as a testbed: a city with a legacy of change and adaptation. One key example of this legacy of rebuilding is Patrick Abercrombie’s Greater London Plan, which demonstrated how a resilient city can rebuild after a war through an orchestra of networks and systems. Over 80 years later, we re-explore the ideas of the plan. Independently organised but united by a single question, our exhibition asks: ‘How can our built environment embed change and agency?’ The key themes of Abercrombie’s original plan were: population growth, housing, employment and industry, recreation, transport. We now seek to re-explore and recontextualise these themes for the modern day. While Abercrombie envisioned rebuilding as a network of petri dishes, our investigation views London as a series of interwoven conversations.

Proposing new opportunities, our categories are:

FLUX (Population): The city’s need to accommodate change.

SHELTER (Housing): The city’s need to provide shelter.

PRODUCTION (Industry): The city’s need to produce.

AWE (Recreation): The city’s need for wonder and recreation.

MOVEMENT (Transport): The city’s need for movement.

Rather than viewing our individual projects as isolated entities, our collective proposition acts as a panorama. Defined as a wide-angle, unbroken view of a physical space, or a comprehensive survey of a subject, we invite you to explore our investigations through the lens of the Kaiserpanorama.

The London School of Architecture Degree Show is kindly supported by Foster + Partners.