How do we build connections between communities and our landscapes, together?

Feature Projects

  • 'Streets for People' Design Jam, Christchurch (2023)

    Prepared methodology and led co-design workshops with Aranui tamariki. Enabled local streetscape design to deliver safer and more people-friendly streets that meet children’s needs, as well as their wider community.

    CLIENT: CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL

  • Place Cadets - Te Kōmanawa Rowley School, Christchurch (2023)

    Designed and led a child-centred co-design and build project with Year 6 tamariki. Built three structures with children in their school playground, as part of the school’s technology curriculum.

    CLIENT: TE KŌMANAWA ROWLEY SCHOOL

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  • Te Repo o Orariki, Taumutu, Waitaha Canterbury (2014)

    Landscape concept to re-establish wetland and complement the original pa site at Taumutu - a network of winding creeks with boardwalks, mahinga kai species and habitat for tuna, inanga and other locally important fish species. Project completed while with Opus Consultants.

    CLIENT: ECAN / NGĀI TAHU

More Projects

  • Place Cadets at Te Huarahi School, Christchurch (2023)

    Designed and led a children’s co-design and build project with Year 2 tamariki. Co-designed and built two play structures with the children in their school playground, aligned with the school’s cultural narrative, social studies and art curriculums.

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  • Eastern Hills Reservoir - LVA and Expert Evidence, Lower Hutt (2022-2024)

    Prepared a landscape and visual assessment (LVA) and Expert Evidence for Wellington Water towards a proposed water reservoir in Lower Hutt.

    Project completed with WSP.

  • Te Tātoru o Wairau / Marlborough Schools (2022-2023)

    Masterplan and Preliminary Design phases prepared concurrently for three Marlborough Schools: Bohally Intermediate and Marlborough Girls & Boys Colleges.

    Project completed with WSP.

  • Christchurch Botanic Gardens Entrance (2023)

    Welcoming entrance to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, connecting the Peacock Fountain in the Gardens to the Arts Centre entrance.

    Project completed with WSP.

  • Kerrs Reach Sports Hub, Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor, Christchurch (2023)

    Masterplan and Preliminary Design for a ‘fit-for-purpose’ flatwater sports hub and community spaces set within a riverside urban forest. Spatial design included making kai, stormwater treatment and habitat creation.

  • Akaroa Catholic Cemetery (2023-2024)

    Sensitive cemetery design for an extension to an historic and regionally significant cemetery, where many early pioneers who were instrumental in the establishment of Banks Peninsula are buried.

    Project completed with WSP.

  • Greening the East Development Plan, Christchurch (2021)

    Prepared a document with specific actions to guide, develop and enhance green spaces within the Inner City East suburbs of Christchurch.

    Actions were approved for submission in the Christchurch City Council’s Long Term Plan.

  • Place Cadets: Exploring Design Thinking (2020)

    A two-week child-centred co-design and build project with the Phillipstown Community.

    NZILA Category Winner 2022 - He Iti Pounamu (Small but Significant Value)

  • Linwood Village Streetscape Enhancement, Christchurch (2020)

    Developed a community-led co-design process to enable the Inner City East community to meaningfully participate in the enhancement of the Linwood Village streetscape.

  • Re-imagining Doris Lusk Reserve, Christchurch (2019)

    Facilitated a working party and co-design project with the Inner City East community for the co-design a children’s interactive play sculpture at Doris Lusk Reserve.

  • Kidsfirst Kindergarten, Diamond Harbour, Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour (2013)

    Landscape design to create a unique outdoor learning environment that references the spectacular surroundings of Lyttelton Harbour.

    Project completed with Opus Consultants.

  • Mid-Heathcote Ōpawaho Linear Park Masterplan (2009)

    Long-term staged masterplan for the management, protection and enhancement of the Ōpawaho and its banks as a recreational corridor through the south-east suburbs of Christchurch.

    Completed with Opus Consultants.

About Me

Welcome! I’m Wendy Hoddinott, a Registered Landscape Architect connecting people and places through design.

I work with iwi, local and central government, schools and communities to design environments that inspire belonging and respect for our local heritage.

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