Jayden Ali, a London city changemaker on speculating the future

From revitalising public spaces to creating filmic cultural narratives, Ali’s work uncovers hidden stories while considering the mechanisms of a city, and designing for all communities that make London come alive.

For a while now, architecture has not been just about the buildings we see, the foundations and structure that encloses them. It's been about the experience; about everything around us, and how humans live with these spaces. JA Projects is one architecture practice that is honing in on this concept, and bringing a new energy to the practice of city evolution.

JA Projects is described as working in the intersection of art, architecture, performance and an urban strategy. But what does this look like on the inside? “This time last year, we were two people. We're now 10 people. So it's pretty big growth,” Ali reflects on a team meeting where they were trying to articulate how the practice works. There’s a sensitivity to the local community embedded in each of the projects, which Ali describes as “creating practical strategies to improve the lives of people.”
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