Since the beginning of 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic, working from home and shopping online has become the norm, while the need to commute to city centres has become less necessary. In the future, streets will be less about conduits for traffic and, instead, become public community spaces, green corridors, water collectors, and distributors.

Along Manchester Deansgate street, no flora has been planted, leading to a series of problems. First, existing hard drainage systems can't accommodate the heavy rainfall of the wettest seasons. Also, the lack of any kind of green environment has an adverse impact on the physical and mental health of those frequenting this space. As a commercial area, a lack of green facilities to accommodate visitors discourages use, which can lead to economic decline, especially during and post-pandemic.

Owing to these problems and the reality of life after coronavirus, this project proposes turning an urban street, Deansgate, into a forest garden by gradually removing and replacing the empty street parking. The project leverages surrounding shops and offices to provide green drainage systems, new community public spaces, and easy access to existing green space. Through these interventions the new green network finally takes form across the whole city.