The Environmental Design Studio
We are an award-winning social venture working on climate-specific design, research, training and behaviour change initiatives. Our projects highlight the causes/consequences of climate related hazards and showcases strategies for adaptation and resilience to these threats.
We work internationally on projects at a range of scales and are driven by the challenge of designing for adaptation to a changing climate. A pioneering design research methodology is used throughout our work, ensuring strategies are rigorously grounded and clearly communicated, to create enriching spaces and places.
Our team has a trans-disciplinary array of skills which we utilise throughout the work that we do. Founded in 2013, TEDS areas of expertise include strategies for resilience to; Flooding, Heat Waves, Extreme Cold, Drought, Wild Fires, Energy Shortages and Earthquakes. Within our design process we also incorporate good practice principles of daylighting, ecological design and high quality placemaking.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
The Flood Resilient Garden -winner of a Silver medal
"This garden helps us see rainwater as a resource rather than a threat. Its design showcases a wide range of practical and affordable measures to slow, store and release rainwater, and make your garden and home more flood resilient. Crucially, it demonstrates that resilience doesn’t have to be a compromise, and can significantly enhance the form and function of your garden and home."
With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and severe, the adaptation of our gardens and outdoor space, of any size, will play an increasingly important role in preventing flooding.
Filled with ideas and features to improve flood resilience, this garden is both beautiful and purposeful and will respond and adapt to the challenges of heavy rain and surface water flooding by embracing the water as a feature and harnessing it for future use.
