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Landscape architecture steals the show at Future Vision 08 awards
10th June 2008
For the second year running, landscape architecture has stolen the show, with a student from Kingston University securing the top prize at Future Vision 08 – the national awards scheme for young people with bright ideas for improving places.
Regine Elmenthaler came up with an idea to inject life into the Royal Docks in East London. Her vision for the future – Revive the Docks – brings the community together by creating a series of floating docks that extend the existing landscape to make room for markets, gardens, homes, green space and even a beach.
As well as overall winner, Regine was awarded the top prize in the Future Work category that singles out innovation around improving the way communities work or are run.
The Future Space award was also won by a landscape architect; Giles Hopgood from University of Gloucestershire and his master plan for Kings Square, Gloucester.
Finally, Francisco Rodriguez from University of Greenwich won the Future People award for 'A Piece of Earth'; a simple yet enterprising idea that makes use of abundant and redundant green spaces that surround most of the UK's university campuses and transforms them into fruit and vegetable plots for students.
