Chloe Humphreys

Jury 2021 /
The Landscape Studio
thelandscapestudio.com

The Landscape Studio is an award-winning landscape design firm, working in East Africa, Europe and the UK. Throughout the years, we’ve had the privilege to contribute to a diverse array of projects, initially across East Africa and more recently in Europe. Our expertise includes the design and planning of academic institutions, residential developments, religious, corporate and institutional spaces, mixed-use projects, parks, urban streetscapes, and agricultural landscapes.

The quality of the spaces we live in has a direct effect on our perception of the world and our quality of life. We see a world where the spaces in which we interact with our natural environment are mutually beneficial for the ecosystem and the people that inhabit it. We want to take part in the creation of new paradigms for these spaces, where urban, rural and natural can co-exist in a healthy balance.

Our practice comes with an acute sense of responsibility. We aim to produce fair and sustainable solutions that can stand the intensity of change in our times, whilst providing livable spaces that can age with beauty and dignity. Landscape architecture plays a crucial role in future sustainable development, healthy populous communities and the possibility of conservation of the diversity of flora and fauna within a new common environment; the urban landscape.

We provide adequate landscape design solutions that balance the environmental and geographical attributes of the site, the architecture, and the requirements of the project.

Observation of the existing conditions and understanding the context are fundamental to our approach. We take into consideration cultural and historical references, and consider all stakeholders, promoting environmental education and community participation. This open and methodical exercise allows for responsible designs that capitalise both on the individuals that will live in these spaces and the broader landscape.

We strongly believe that there is beauty in simplicity. That lucid, soft gestures can provide elegant and timeless spaces. That these spaces can host nurturing experiences and build lasting memories.

more by The Landscape Studio

LILA 2022 Special Mention in Hospitality
Bishop’s House 

The Landscape Studio

Garden for the Bishop’s House is a remarkable study in volcanic rock and the creation of ambiences with the use of vegetation and stone walls. The latter is used to emphasise the enclosed ambient and to add elements of surprise. In this small space, visitors can be immersed in the world of microcosmos, the structure of the volcanic rock where the surface has already started to change due to weather conditions and use. Carefully selected plants are starting to spread out, over and in between the dark stones, and moss is becoming a part of this beautiful pavement. Modest means were used to create this mesmerising garden. A bit like a meaningful haiku, Bishop’s House garden will give you goosebumps in very few words.

The jury also appreciated the reference to Thomas Church, whose legendary Donnell Garden inspired the kidney-shaped pool. Beautifully alienated in colour, materiality, form and embedding a reference to another time, it appears as if the designers were intentionally dealing with the contradiction of the swimming pool rather than the swimming pool itself. A very mature and precise statement!

LILA 2018 Special Mention in Private Garden
Salaam House

The Landscape Studio

This intervention raises the question of what ‘garden’ is and what it represents. Salaam house is a ‘hard-core’ landscape architecture project sending a message that with subtle approach, simplicity and a modest budget we can create a garden by maintaining and appreciating what we already have.

LILA 2018 Public Choice Office of the Year
The Landscape Studio

The Landscape Studio

The Landscape Studio is a landscape architecture and design firm based between Nairobi in Kenya and Barcelona, Spain. The studio was founded in 2013 and has already created solutions for a diverse portfolio of projects around East Africa and more recently in Europe; planning and design of academic and residential, corporate, institutional and mixed-use, parks, […]