ABSTRACT
London is feeling the effects of climate change. It is particularly vulnerable to flooding, subsidence, overheating and to water supply shortfalls', notes the London Plan. Apprehension and skepticism caused by our remnant understanding of the 1928 Thames flood in London is still ongoing; people drowned and thousands were made homeless when floodwaters poured over the top of the Thames Embankment. The Thames Barrier is one of the world's largest movable flood resistant infrastructures – the row of science fiction-like mini-piers and silver pods that spans 520 meters protects London from tidal surges and storms. Built-on anxieties, fears and foreseeing a great flood within a few short decades, three multi-use infrastructural 'castles' embrace and protect the inhabitants and core institutions of the city from being submerged. In a world where information is so abundant and readily accessible via electronic means, the 'digital flood' of information also becomes a threat.
