Faculty

Divya Shah

Assistant Professor

Divya Priyesh Shah is an academician and a landscape architect and is associated with the landscape program at CEPT since 2010. Her interest consists of evolving methods to read and interpret landscape processes, which implies a collective understanding of landscapes as indigenous - physical and cultural systems. She holds a B.Arch. from Kerala University and Master in landscape architecture degree from CEPT University. Before joining CEPT University she has worked at Arvind Patel institute of Environmental Design, as an assistant professor, Idea Design, as an architect, Livescape, as a landscape design consultant.

Education

Degree Institution Field Year of Completion
Masters in Landscape Architecture CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Landscape Architecture 2009
Bachelors in Achitecture Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala Architecture 2006

Areas of Expertise

i)Rural cultural and anthropology studies in landscape ii) Mapping and interpreting landscapes iii) Field Ecology

Courses Taught

Sr No. Course Name Semester
1 Field Study of Plants S-2020
2 Field Study of Plants S-2020
3 Thesis/DRP/Capstone Project S-2020
4 Thesis/DRP/Capstone Project S-2020
5 Tracing lines S-2020
6 Field Study of Plants M-2019
7 Field Study of Plants M-2019
8 Landscape Foundation Studio M-2019
9 Phytogeography M-2019
10 Thesis/DRP/Capstone Project M-2019
11 Thesis/DRP/Capstone Project M-2019

Research/Design Projects in Areas of Expertise

Research

Study of biocultural landscapes of Western ghats (On-going research)

Traditional homestead gardens of Southern Western Ghats and indigenious methods of cultivation (On-going research)

Spatial procedures for mapping people -place relationships (Rural landscapes of India) (On-going research)

Landscapes of India- Illustrative map (Completed)

Field identitfication of trees - a flora compendium for trees of Ahmedabad (Manuscript completed)

A landscape approach for reading and re-presenting the Jungles of India (on-going)

Part time design Consultancy to LIVESCAPE , Landscape design Firm, Ahmedabad  in areas related to presentation drawings, design development and planting design (2010 till date)

Presented Papers and Invited Lectures in Areas of Expertise

  • Paper presented and submitted , Imagining a homeland: Imaging and imagining a rural landscape in North Western Ghats, India, , themed “Historic Cultural Landscapes: Succession, Sustenance and Sustainability”, IFLA-CL WG (International Federation of Landscape Architects – Working Group) Symposium, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

  • Co-author, Paper presented and submitted , Landscape approach addressing alternative realities of a rural realm – Case Dahanu, Maharashtra, India, Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World, by United States National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS)San Francisco, 

  • Paper Submission, Interpreting the values of a cultural landscape, Budapest international conference on tourism and cultural landscapes: towards a sustainable approach organised by the unesco unitwin network for "culture, tourism, development", the budapest metropolitan university and the foundation for information society (infota) between 12 - 16 june 2016
  • Participated and  delivered Lecture in Sheffield – CEPT Seminar on Landscape perspectives in January 2016
  • Presented in the 4D RF session, FA, CEPT University
  • Paper presentation, Mapping a Cultural landscape, at INCULS 4, IFLA APR International Cultural Landscape Symposium, Ahmedabad in December 2013  

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships, Grant-in Aids

  • Shriya Anand memorial award for the work titled Revival of a cultural landscape through traditional practices and customs, Student’s design competition 2009 awarded by Landscape journal, Landscape Foundation of India
  • Study of Cultural landscape and its impact on Socio – Ecology of a region, Palakkad Gap awarded as Best thesis 2009, Indian society of landscape architects awards 
  • Gold medal in B.Arch degree examination , Kerala University,2001 – 2006 batch  
  • Philip Mathew memorial gold medal, for Revival plan for Kottayam Town Centre, Young architects festival 2004, held by Indian institute of architects. 
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