G L O B A L
We are strategic designers of regenerative systems which bring business together with infrastructure to create whole systems.
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We look at contexts to innovate specific business models that suit the land, the people and the planet in its entirety.
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Nature based solutions, plus regenerative, de-centralised systems for water, food, energy, shelter, well being, economy and personal growth have incredible potential for climate positive settlements and we have the expertise to design and implement these
Woven Design Collaborative is a global regenerative design and planning firm firm that has an inter-disciplinary and holistic approach to developing habitat and infrastructure.
Our Services include: Bio-regional transformation through strategic vision development and and cross-sectoral implementation of Architecture, Urban Planning, Rural Development, and Community Development and Nature-Based Infrastructure.
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Are you looking to revive your land?
If you want transform your land to natural systems be it for agriculture, rewilding or sustainable living.
Read about the vision, ethos and methodology, of land restoration that drives WDC's work.
Revive.
Regenerate.
Reindiginise Land.
A journey into the story of your land — to restore its evolutionary path, honour its ancestry, and reweave the human connection to place.
What is regeneration? Why is decoloniality important? What mindset and worldviews need to be iginited to be regenerative? What are the practices, tools and ideas that are available to imagine a restorative future for the world.
We present a plethora of podcasts, videos and readingsthat introduce these concepts in a holistic and pluriversal manner.
Conversation, essays and ideas
Whether exploring the hydrology of a bioregion or the ancestral wisdom embedded in indigenous ecology, Nisha brings audiences into an experience of coherence they rarely encounter. Her talks move people from the conceptual to the actionable, from the local to the planetary.
Nisha Mary Poulose is an award-winning architect and regional planner whose career at the confluence of architecture, urbanism, planning and the environment now spans 9 years and 3 countries.
She founded the company with the vision to change the way habitat is designed. Her work is directed by a holistic perspective of design, social issues and sustainability.
Addl. Co-Convener- INTACH Anegundi Hampi
Ex-Urban Planner- Government of Karnataka
Erasmus Mundus Scholar- Mundus Urbano,
(MSc. International Cooperation in Urban Development-
Technishe Universitat Darmstadt, Germany;
MSc. Urbanism, Habitat and International Cooperation-
Universite Pierre Mendes, Grenoble, France)
NISHA MARY POULOSE
Founder, Company Director
Woven Design Collaborative is a constellation of people who dedicate their lives to birthing a co-created world where all life thrives, together. We do this by facilitating synergy between change-makers from different sectors, mobilising whole-systems thinking to tackle complex problems with clarity, and pushing or bridging conventional boundaries to yield mutually-beneficial outcomes that, previously, seemed unfathomable.
As a planning and design firm, every project we undertake is grounded in the paradigm of regeneration - which goes beyond the paradigm of sustainability, which is focused on minimising negative externalities, and actively enhances the health of any given ecosystem, infrastructure or organisation - holistically.
We know that the answers to the intersectional ecological, economic, health, and education crises already exist. What is often missing in today’s modernity dominated landscape is the strategic convening of the most appropriate actors, resources, and knowledge for a given problem and place - which almost always lies dormant within the Indigenous, marginalised and vulnerable communities.
What if we could harness this potential, hybridise it with the best practices and field experts, and facilitate authentic co-creation among all stakeholders? It is this regenerative innovation that lies at the heart of our practice, and that we firmly believe will change the course of our civilization from collapse, to abundance.
Our Partner Organisations
Sultanate of Oman
Oman Think Urban is a non-profit, reference platform for human centered Urban Planning and Design, based in the Sultanate of Oman. The organization strives to provide a learning platform to explore and experiment with ethnographic research methods that can inform urban and regional spatial planning projects in Oman through community engagement and empowerment.
http://www.omanthinkurban.com/
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Woven Design Collaboration and Oman Think Urban are collaborating to jointly develop processes and tools at the confluence of ethnography and spatial planning.
GLOBAL URBAN STUDIES INSTITUTE,
Berlin, Germany
GLOBUS - The Global Urban Studies Institute – is a research, education and development planning institute based in Berlin. It incorporates the heritage of the former PAR institute at Darmstadt University of Technology, dedicated on socio-spatial development in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
https://www.globus-berlin.org/
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Woven Design Collaboration is part of the international and multi-disciplinary network of GLOBUS and the 2 organisations are exploring cooperation on urban projects.
GEOJIT CUSAT CENTRE OF SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES,
Kochi, India
GCOSS is the Centre of Excellence for sustainability at Cochin University (CUSAT) that bridges academia, industry, government, and society to develop the knowledge, leadership, and practical solutions needed for a more sustainable and resilient future.
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Woven Design Collaborative and GCOSS work together to jointly strategise and develop pathways to restore and regenerate ecology, stewardship and economy in India through research and innovation
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OUR EXPERTS
SHEHLA HUSSAIN
Research and Ethnography Lead
MARSHALL ROMERO
Regenerative Business Strategist
RESHMA MATHEW
Urban Designer
VUK MARKOVIC
Environmental Planner and Sustainability Expert
Shehla has over 9 years’ experience in Urban Planning and Design Research. With an M. Arch from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, her career has been shaped by her expertise in user centred research and analytical thinking. She is an artist, a musician and a mother, and seeks to hone her ongoing journey in imbibing ethnographic, human centric and environmentally respectful approaches in the practices of urban planning and architecture.
Marshall Romero comes from a business and political science background and has a deep understanding of living systems and regenerative business models. He is based in the US and is our living systems facilitator and regenerative business developer.
His work is informed by his desire to elevate human consciousness, and his indigenous connection to the Olmecs and their influence on Nayarit/Jalisco Mexico
Reshma Is an architect and urban design expert specialised in public space design.She comes with a balanced perspective and extensive experience in designing and managing large scale spatial planning and design projects.
Vuk is a landscape architect with extensive experience in research, project development, monitoring sustainable development and climate change adaptation. His masters in urban development and regional planning, and his understanding of natural systems enables him to build resilience into communities and settlements in both urban and rural contexts.