Kindred Flow revives the disused Haggerston Baths and Hoxton Docks as a net-positive haven, where an environmental choreography of gardens and galleries interlaces arts, clinical, coworking, and hydrotherapy into the existing fabric — the colonnade’s porous boundaries nurture a shared Eutopian prosperity.

This choreography, focussed on comfort and sequenced experiences, challenges blanket Part L guidance. Retrofit interventions concentrate where needed: transition spaces stay largely untouched, preserving heritage fabric and freeing floor area for supplementary uses where restorative greenery and artwork promote wellbeing, productivity and optimism.

Unifying the site, an unconditioned stone colonnade mediates year-round thermal comfort and accessibility. Post-tensioned cruciform ribs keep the stone in pure compression, lending a delicacy that shelters pause, dialogue and frames vistas of the canal and landscape.

Increasing retrofit viability and resource efficiency, Kindred Flow’s environmental choreography sets a replicable, net-positive precedent for retrofit and adaptive reuse, offering sustainable alternative for heritage sites often exempt from modern regulations.