| landscape & architecture
SPACES THAT INSPIRE, NURTURE AND ENDURE
Ranjan Daniel
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| With a postgraduate degree in Landscape Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, Chennai-based landscape architect Ranjan Daniel brings over three decades of professional experience. His practice seamlessly integrates architecture and landscape, driven by a strong belief in balancing ecological priorities with building needs. For Ranjan, enhancing human relationships remains the ultimate goal of design. His approach emphasizes adaptability, allowing designs to evolve with user needs and the passage of time. The special feature explores his professional journey, design philosophy, and some of his works.
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My entry into architecture could be described as an accident- but a happy one. From then on, however, there was no looking back. All of a sudden, I began to see so many of my memories growing up as a child through a new lens. I grew up in Nagercoil which is much like Kerala. The school I studied in was not just large and spacious, but sensitively and aesthetically designed with terraced playgrounds, roads, and pathways that respected the topography and natural drainage. The town where I grew up was lush and green, and most of our time was spent outdoors. From climbing trees to plucking mangoes and guavas to maintaining our garden patch at home to playing the famous marakorungu [monkey on a tree] game, I grew up close to nature. As I embarked on my Undergraduate course in Architecture, a deeper understanding and fascination for connection with nature emerged, which made me choose campus design for my U.G. thesis and subsequently to pursue Post-graduation in Landscape Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture SPA, New Delhi.
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HISTORIES, LEGACIES & EMERGING LANDSCAPES
| legacies
LEGACIES OF URBANISM AND TEACHING
BOOK REVIEW: CITIES, CITIZENS, CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
Review by Meghal Arya
BRIDGING ARCHITECTURE, NATURE AND PEOPLE
TRIBUTE: CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BENNINGER
Varsha Gavandi
IN PURSUIT OF MEANING
TRIBUTE: RANJIT SABIKHI
Sachin Jain
A GARDEN CITY CHRONICLE: LALBAGH
BOOK REVIEW: BANGALORE’S LALBAGH |
A CHRONICLE OF THE GARDEN AND THE CITY
Review by Seema Mundoli
| landscape & architecture
SUSTAINABILITY AND SIMPLICITY
Padmaja Pradhan
SPACES THAT INSPIRE, NURTURE AND ENDURE
Ranjan Daniel
| urban spaces
THE STORY OF A THOUSAND PARKS
REVIVAL OF THE BBMP PARKS OF BENGALURU
Preetanshi Singh & Shantesh Kelvekar
ECO RESTORATION OF LAKES
ENHANCING THE BLUE GREEN NETWORK OF THE CITY | COIMBATORE
Oasis Designs Inc., New Delhi
BKC SCULPTURE PLAZA
BANDRA, MUMBAI
Hemali Landscape Studio, Mumbai
NEPEAN GREENS
RECLAIMING INCLUSIONS: A DEMOCRATIC AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN HAVEN | MUMBAI
Compartment S4, Mumbai
THE RAVINE PARK
GODREJ RIVERGREENS | PUNE
Studio POD + Enviroscape
RUINSCAPE
LANDSCAPE FOR A MICROBREWERY | BENGALURU
VSLA, Bengaluru
| informal
DESIGNING A MULTISPECIES CITY
STRAY DOGS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Ananya Jain
RECLAIMING LANDSCAPE
COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE MANY LIVES OF KOLIWADA, DHARAVIKareena Kochery & Samidha Patil
| infrastructure & technology
BIOPHILIC DESIGN & CITIES
ENHANCING HUMAN LIVING THROUGH NATURE-INSPIRED, MULTISENSORY ENVIRONMENTS
Mahalakshmi Karnad
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