Kris Hindhaugh
Associate
I entered the profession through a love of the natural world and of good design, graduating from the University of Gloucestershire in 2008, today these two interests steer and inspire me each day.
I started out on Lottery-funded park restorations in the north-east of England, enjoying community engagement and designing several large-scale ‘Landscapes for Play’. Later, I moved south and worked on exciting schemes in London, including the 2012 Olympic Athletes Village and King’s Cross Central.
I develop sustainable landscape strategies for projects, focusing on low-carbon-mile material selections and drought tolerant ecological planting design, in place of long-established go to materials and practices. I find ideas around rewilding fascinating and am interested to see how lessons learnt observing these complex natural processes could boost ecological value in more urban landscape settings.
Q&A
Place des Vosges, Paris. Just a beautifully balanced green space integrating art and play, and surrounded by spectacular historic architecture.
Helvellyn, looking back down over Ullswater.
‘Rebirding’ by Benedict Macdonald, it’s a strategy for nature recovery through rewilding Britain and its birdlife, and ‘The Compleat Angler’ first published in 1653! It’s a story about a beautiful river and a skilled angler teaching a novice.
