2010 Winners
Jo Watkins, President of the Landscape Institute:
“The four winners of the Future Vision Awards all demonstrate the rigorous thought and bold
ideas that are vital if our professions are to continue to push boundaries and champion the
benefits of landscape in the future.”
Jayne Crosse, Head of strategy, marketing and performance at the HCA:
“The calibre of entries to this year’s awards scheme has been outstanding and I'd like to
congratulate the winners on their achievements. Coming up with new, workable ideas that
haven't been done before isn't easy whatever industry you work in."
The winners and categories were as follows
Future Green Thinking Award sponsored by TEP. This category was won by Lee
Miles, MFA Environment Design for The Mbare project, a proposal to replace a former
slum in Zimbabwe with a combination of better agricultural management, bio-energy
production, improved infrastructure and economic growth, creating a self-sufficient prototype for improving cities.
Future Work/Life Award sponsored by the Eden Project. This category was won by
Ronan Watson, Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) for New Life on the Block
which aims to tackle social deprivation and environmental sustainability by
regenerating existing tower blocks to become self-sufficient in energy and provide
spaces for year-round food production while strengthening the community.
Future Open Spaces Award sponsored by Marshalls plc. Elspeth Reddish, Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) won this for The Educational Energy Hub, a series of strategies for a section of the Don Valley aiming to attract new housing, business and
users; reduce flood risk and pollution; enhance ecology; and provide sustainable
transport. It proposes a biomass plant in a former power station.
Future Buildings Award sponsored by Jason Bruges Studio. The winner is Jonathan
Woodward, Architecture (BA Hons); for The Bio-craft, an innovative structure designed
for societies at risk from the effects of climate change which includes a means of
producing renewable energy
