STUDIO ARTH LLC

Posted on Dec 14, 2020

Rituparna Simlai Receives ASLA Florida
Chapter's Emerging Professional Award

Testimonials

9 months ago

I have been all my life an enthusiast for plants and trees and I am proud to have a green thumb. Working for the Board of Directors of the Plaza Brickell we went under my leadership through 5 different landscape companies in a 3 years time period: the problem was always a lack of creativity and staying within a routine. Then Hurricane Irma gave me the opportunity to meet Rituparna Simlai. A beautiful tree was down and our landscape company told us there was nothing to be done. With Ritu's directives we were able to save this tree. She then went onto a very creative and productive remodeling of our entire landscape in this community of 1,000 luxury condominiums. She integrated trees with flowers, multi-level landscaping, vertical landscaping. Not only she brought us an extensive knowledge and amazing creativity, but she showed professionalism and dedication with an attention to details. We saw her monitoring the installation of every tree and plant put under her directions. It was ...

- Franck D

About Us

STUDIO ARTH

“design with purpose”

arth’ symbolizes ‘essence’, ‘meaning’ and ‘purpose’
in Sanskrit the ancient native language of the Indian subcontinent.

Studio Arth was founded in 2018 as a small team of passionate and committed designers to recreate the serenity of the natural environment and integrate nature in urban life through the medium of design. The ‘arth’ or ethos of the studio is to extend the realm of design and integrate the ecological systemic way of the ever-evolving and resilient natural world with our practice.

Studio Arth is an advocate for local building practices and the use of native planting palette. As an evolving practice, the studio is researching resilient native plant palette. We believe there is an inherent need to establish a novel vocabulary within the design realm that can revitalize the local flora and fauna and bring the essence of nature to people.

Rituparna Simlai Sood, RLA, ASLA

MLA-AP Harvard University Graduate School of Design

B. Architecture School of Planning and Architecture Delhi

Rituparna Simlai is the founding principal of Studio ARTH, based in Miami. She has collaborated with renowned architects such as Herzog and de Meuron, BIG, SOM, Gensler, AECOM, , Enea and Raymond Jungles on geographically diverse projects scaling from residential design to large master planning and infrastructure projects. With over 9 years of experience and a passion for planting design especially in the tropical region, she has worked on award winning international projects in New York, Miami, California, India, Singapore and the Caribbean Islands. She received her Bachelor’s degree in architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi, India and earned her Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. She is a registered Landscape Architect in the State of Florida and a registered Architect in India.