'The Seventy Third'

London’s Square Mile is eerily quiet, especially since office staff numbers embarking on “hybrid working” is expected to double after the pandemic. As a result, it may not be daytime activities that bring back the hustle and bustle, but actually what happens after dark. The City of London should turn to the night-time economy for its revival, encouraging clubs and culture to fill empty office space. Repurposing empty offices and shops into housing has been suggested as one solution for the City’s recovery. The Square Mile should consider having a “makeover” as a nightlife hub.

Since Covid has pushed for a hybrid working style, more people are working from home. Thus, there is a reduced need for offices. Rather than renovating them into homes that no one needs or wants, I suggest we renovate them into nightclubs, which there is a demand for. Through this nightclub proposal can occupy absence in a space, and fill a void, both physically and metaphorically. The physical void is the empty land, and the absence of people and life. Metaphorically, the absence regards a lack of nightclubs in the City.

Through thorough first hand research and successful precedent studies i was able to uncover the true requirements and demands of clubbers. Understanding and delivering what they needed was my main priority.

The City of London's global role and value will be redefined by this nightclub intervention. It will
breath in new life back into it, creating a vibrant, empowering, inclusive and culturally diverse hot spot and venue for visitors. This proposal could be the push the city needs to begin prioritising and investing in it the potential of its night time economy.