Aastha Singh — Project Manager

Landscape Architecture is not about the regular user anymore. The new user is a Global Citizen. This Global Citizen is rejecting and redefining her identity, and consequently the way that she relates to the spaces around her. Landscape Architecture derives from the words and theories established by personalities such as McHarg, Jane Jacobs, Frederick Law Olmsted, and William H. Whyte, by either adhering to them or defying them. Their theories are the ones that inform the way we think and design. However, their very core is at the risk of becoming obsolete as the relationship between space and its user is changing. The elements that activate a public space are no more water bodies and artworks, but technology and symbols of modernity. At a time when our core user is a multi-tasker, it is becoming increasingly imperative that even our physical spaces multi-task. Simultaneously, the changing world economy has created a new form of urbanism, especially in the postcolonial neo-liberal cities. It is time that we bring deconstructivism to landscape architecture, not only to redefine and readapt its core elements (seating benches, play areas, etc.) but also to explore and understand the changing relationships within the discipline to create a new semantic for landscape architecture. It is this new semantic that I strive to explore. Instead of fighting a battle against modernity, I want to find that nirvana where the beauty of our past and the promise of our future find harmony.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Landscape Architecture expert with a focus on modern urban design and sustainability.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Experience: 12 yrs