ASLA’s Women in Landscape Architecture Professional Practice Network (WILA PPN) is sharing the next set of profiles of women in the profession (see last week’s right here). If you’d like to be featured, the PPN’s call for submissions will remain open, with profiles being shared on an ongoing basis.
These profiles will appear on the PPN’s LinkedIn group, Facebook group, and here on The Field. This post includes Rituparna Simlai, ASLA, Laurie Hall, ASLA, Kristen Sweatland, and Donna Rodman.
Rituparna Simlai, ASLA
What inspired you to pursue a career in landscape architecture?
As a child, I had an innate proclivity of being closer to the natural world. The organic rhythms of nature, the dappled sunshine filtering through trees, the waves in the ocean—I could spend hours capturing these moments. In nature, I felt a stirring energy within me that resonated in a unique way unmatched by any other setting.
While practicing as a licensed architect in Delhi, I constantly felt the desire to integrate ecological principles into design practices. I recognized the principles of landscape architecture, in particular, offered me an opportunity to choreograph spatial flows, enrich people’s experiences, and foster human connection with nature, creating harmony.