2023 Class of Fellows, Manisha Kaul, Illinois Chapter
Design Workshop, Chicago
Manisha Kaul carries a deep passion for using the site and its environs to create synergies between the built and the natural worlds through an equitable, resilient, and regenerative approach to planning and design. In federal, public, and institutional projects around the world, she has successfully implemented integrated and sustainable strategies through meaningful collaboration with stakeholders. Cultural sensitivity and appreciation for social equity and environmental resilience are foundational to her practice. As the leader of Design Workshop's Chicago studio, Manisha challenges the status quo every day, mentoring a talented team of landscape architects to make significant change. Through lectures and publications and her service on the ASLA Climate Action Task Force she shares the lessons learned from her extensive experience addressing issues of resilience. The United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, was the first phase of GSA's plan for adaptive reuse of historic St. Elizabeths campus, where Manisha developed a landscape integration plan (LIP) to guide future design decisions made by the architectural and utilities teams. At AlJamea Tus Saifiyah New Educational Campus, Nairobi, she created the landscape vision of "Campus in a Garden" and a restorative and productive landscape that promotes biodiversity, improves microclimate, and encourages water conservation. At Dickinson College, Carlile, PA, Manisha was design principal for site design projects and project manager for the landscape master plan and developed standards for the campus hardscape, site furniture, lighting, signage,
and planting.
