AA Housing and Urbanism tutor Anna Shapiro’s lockdown sketchbook has been featured in the Architects’ Journal, as part of an ongoing series of sketchbooks featured on the website.

‘In the last 24 hours, I’ve been sketching the immediate world around me: my video conferencing, my workspace, my views, my breakfast. I would usually roam around London for at least 10 minutes a day with my Moleskine to record city scenes but now I am concentrated on drawing my apartment, where I hardly spent any time before Covid-19.

This focus has made me look harder: I see interest in the smallest of things as well as appreciating the views out over London more than ever. Being able to see large construction sites from my window helps me feel connected to my profession while communal fitness sessions – where people use their balconies around our central courtyard to exercise together – preserve a sense of community during lockdown.’

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