Bizarre visions of London's future: Six-storey basement under House of Commons and high-rise farm looming over city

 
An artist's impression of a super deep basement under the Houses of Parliament (Credit: Preconstruct)
Preconstruct via Taylor Herring
Tom Marshall26 May 2015

These bizarre visions of the future of London have been voted among the most likely to happen in the next 100 years.

They may seem outlandish, but enormous "super" basements and roof-top farms populated by grazing cattle were judged to be some of the most likely developments - according to TV channel Yesterday.

The channel asked four architecture and engineering experts to draw up a list of predictions about the future landscape of London and the UK, before asking 2,000 people for their opinions about which are most likely to materialise over the next century.

The top three predictions were then visualised in these computer-generated images by architectural illustrators.

High-rise farms voted third most likely architectural development in the next 100 years (Credit: Preconstruct)
Preconstruct via Taylor Herring

The artists envisaged a six-storey basement under the House of Commons and a high-rise farm complete with cows and hay bales looming over London, as well as floating city built off the south coast, with the White Cliffs of Dover in the background.

The research was carried out to promote new series Impossible Engineering, which premieres on Yesterday at 9pm tonight.

Some of the expert panel's other ideas included 3D-printed homes, spaceports with "easy access" to the Moon or Mars, cities in the sky and underwater cities.

Floating cities were voted the second most likely architectural development in the next 100 years (Picture: Preconstruct)
Preconstruct via Taylor Herring

Yesterday general manager Adrian Wills said: "Rapid technological advances coupled with increases in population and global warming will have a huge influence on how we live, with underground, super high-rise and even floating homes likely to feature in our future cityscapes."

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