Higham Hill Park, London

vPPR Architects



Landscaping and urban design don’t need to be large scale in order to make a big impact, as London architects vPPR prove with their latest project, an open air sculptural amphitheatre in Waltham Forest’s Higham Hill Park in East London. The super minimalist design is the practice’s first public space project and has already proven to be a vibrant and active community space for locals. The design consists of a row of simple linear benches, which face a stage. A circular opening between those two doubles as a second stage, adding flexbility to the structure. The clean geometry and serenity of the design are accentuated by a consistent low height of 40cm throughout and the soft earthy tones of the pigmented concrete. The project is part of Waltham Forest’s Making Places initiative. Photography: Lewis Ronald