Tapasya is a PhD candidate at the Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (LSP) cluster at the Wageningen University and Research (WUR). As a landscape-urban designer, she has 6 years of experience working in design firms in India and the Netherlands on projects ranging from strategic plans to public space designs. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree from India and an M.Sc. in Landscape Architecture from TU Delft. Her interest has always been in studying and implementing landscape-inspired design strategies and regional plans for resilient water systems, especially river deltas. Within the RESHAPE project, Tapasya will focus on developing land use and landscape-scale spatial design configurations based on Nature-inspired guiding principles (NIPs) and ecosystem services with soil and water as guiding systems. She also aims to collaborate closely with the local stakeholders through co-design workshops and feedback sessions to define clear shared visions and optimize the models for the resilient sand landscapes in the Dommel and Vecht watersheds. Through this research project, she is keen on exploring the role of spatial planning and landscape design in enabling effective decision-making backed by scientific evidence to address climate-related challenges.
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