In the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, London has been through a devastating economic and social disruption. The city experienced long periods of varying levels of lock-down, with people working from home and unable to socialise properly. The pandemic affects people’s mental health tremendously: Bereavement, isolation, loss of income and fear are triggering mental health conditions or exacerbating existing ones. Nevertheless, the pandemic also brought positive effects on citizens’ lives. It alters our new understanding towards urban elements, like windows, balconies, streets and parks; it brings new opportunities of living and working. All those ideas are one type of ‘Dark Heritage’ for the future generations. Although this 'dark' event does not have a specific memorial site, the thoughts and ways of living (Covid-19) can be represented through a design of 'Neo Dark Heritage'.

This Neo Dark Heritage provides a new type of Urban Forest Architecture for healing and creativity based on the Covid era in London.

It is a 'dark forest’, audiences are passing through a long weird street, a depressed tower, a landscape theatre occupied by nature, and the ‘Other’ forest leading to brightness. Meandering in the 'dark forest', audiences would have their differentiated emotions from uncanny to release.