An ecological restoration and landscape architecture studio, designing with nature, culture and context across India.

Nikhil Udupa

A Landscape Architect and ecological restoration practitioner with 14+ years of experience in research-based spatial planning and sustainable design. His work spans a wide range of landscapes across India, integrating ecological thinking with cultural sensitivity to design resilient and inclusive spaces.

His core expertise includes nature-based solutions, watershed and natural resource management, ecological restoration, wildlife habitat design, spatial design, master planning and disaster-resilient regional planning. He has collaborated with communities, government bodies, institutions, NGOs, and interdisciplinary teams to implement regenerative, context-sensitive design strategies.

As a visiting faculty at leading institutions, Nikhil actively contributes to academic discourse and knowledge sharing. His passion for nature, community engagement, and hands-on implementation drives his commitment to preserving ecological and cultural heritage through landscape architecture. Outside of work, he is a naturalist and avid traveller, with interests in birding, photography, trekking, yoga, boxing and collecting minerals and fossils.

Shilpa Shirish

An architect and educator working at the intersection of climate change, the built environment and the ways in which people and places respond to a changing environment. Her work focuses on climate adaptation in urban areas, climate change and migration and inclusive spatial planning, with a particular interest in the ways vulnerable communities experience and respond to climate impacts.

With a background in sustainable architecture, she is also interested in landscape restoration, vernacular and heritage documentation and energy-efficient design. Across these areas, her work explores how environmental conditions, local knowledge, and spatial interventions shape the ways in which people and places adapt to change.