A Studio Built on Imagination, Ecology, and Urgency
Ukiyo Habitat was born from a shared restlessness — with the way cities were being shaped, with landscapes being reduced to visuals, and with the silence around ecological time.
Design Is Not Just What We Build — It's What We Question.
At Ukiyo Habitat, our design process begins with curiosity. We start by listening to the land itself—to the lone Peepal tree in a concrete jungle, or the memory of a drying lake. This is where our questions begin.
Our Approach
We treat every site as a living system — shaped by water, memory, people, and time.
Every brief becomes an opportunity to challenge assumptions. In a landscape marked by increasing urbanization and shrinking green spaces, we adapt to local ecology and co-create spaces that evolve with changing climates, communities, and contexts.
Our Design Framework
Observe, Collaborate, Reimagine
Observe
We begin by deeply understanding the site, its context, and the people who will inhabit it. Every detail matters.
Collaborate
We work closely with communities, stakeholders, and experts to co-create solutions that truly serve their needs.
Reimagine
We push boundaries to create innovative, sustainable solutions that transform spaces and enrich lives.
Our Founders
Garima Dubey
Landscape Architect & Urban Ecologist
Garima Dubey is a landscape architect and urban ecologist based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She focuses on designing climate-responsive, inclusive, and ecologically grounded public spaces. As the Co-founder of Ukiyo Habitat, she works at the intersection of spatial planning, ecology, and community placemaking, crafting resilient and meaningful environments.
Garima has led or contributed to projects across several Indian cities, including Indore (MP), Pune (Maharashtra), Hyderabad (Telangana), and Ahmedabad (Gujarat)—each rooted in local ecological contexts and community needs. Her work integrates urban green infrastructure, blue-green systems, and nature-based design solutions to enhance both environmental and social well-being.
She also teaches design at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi and Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT). Her research interests include urban resilience, water-sensitive planning, and public spaces as democratic and ecological commons.
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Vidushi Singh
Architect, Urban Designer & Design Educator
Vidushi Singh is an architect, urban designer, and design educator with over five years of professional experience in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. She is the Co-founder of Ukiyo Habitat, a Delhi-based design studio known for its work in urban resilience, adaptive reuse, and child-friendly public spaces.
Vidushi has contributed to a variety of residential, commercial, institutional, and government architecture projects—including work for the Indian Navy in New Delhi. She teaches architectural design at Vastu Kala Academy and NSUT, Delhi. Her approach combines contextual sensitivity with spatial empathy to create inclusive, sustainable, and locally rooted built environments.
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Our Philosophy in Action
Velachery Railway Ground – Chennai
A neglected transit-edge landscape reimagined as a climate-responsive public space — where rain becomes play, flood becomes memory, and edges become connections.
Bandhavgarh Wildlife Edge Design
Designing not just a boundary wall, but a relationship — between human and wild. Our approach used native vegetation, non-invasive fences, and landscape as transition.
We don't just design for outcomes. We design to ask better questions.
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