Another photograph from my long term project documenting the dramatic changes happening to the landscape of Melbourne. Whilst CBD garners a lot of attention, the inner city suburbs are changing very quickly. This photograph captured in the fast changing suburb of Footscray highlights this immense change, where not long ago this scene was home to different manufacturing and industrial buildings. In just a short time its been totally transformed with little evidence of what once was. Overgrown lots of land where industry once ruled stand cheek by jowell with a sea of homes in the sky. Overgrown lots of land stand where industry once was amongst a sea of homes in the sky.
About the project - Melbourne // Upwards & Outwards is an ongoing project exploring the transformation of change to Melbourne's residential skyline. Melbourne has a population of 4 million people, with predictions it could reach 10 million in the very near future. The project explores Melbourne residential architecture from the mid 20th Century through to the contemporary period. The landscape of Melbourne continues to be dramatically transformed. View this project and all of my projects here