Anhad Viswanath
 Anhad Viswanath

My name is Anhad Viswanath and I am a Landscape Architecture Alumnus from Michigan State University, originally from India. I chose Landscape Architecture because the field offers interesting avenues for design, art, the environment, and the society, which are my interest points. I spent seven years of my childhood in the Netherlands. During my time there, I witnessed landscape architects and agriculturists employing interesting means, such as marshes, dikes, and adding volumes of sand to land near the seashores, to protect the land from flood related events. I saw how the profession is very important in helping the country's landscape become and remain resilient and regenerative, especially as the country is situated slightly below sea level.

Secondly, my home country, India, that has a history of royal gardens and architecture, exposed me to the principles of the profession early on. The backdrop above is a collection of pictures I have taken that capture the duality of India and the U.S. and recounts from the Netherlands. The lush green tropical Indian landscape in Kabini, Karnataka with majestic royal touches of a jhoola (Indian swing) and the Lake Palace from Udaipur, Rajasthan, is contrasted by the breathtaking rich sandy coastal American landscape in Delaware, with a Dutch wind turbine from Zeeland in Southern Netherlands, nearer to the border with Belgium. Below the two is a picture taken in Zeeland in 2009. The picture presents some of the ways in which the land is protected from potential flooding.

I would like to specialize in landscape and urban design where I can design gardens, parks, playgrounds and urban spaces that can encourage people to embrace the natural environment and improve the lives of communities. My capstone project in my graduating semester (see 'Evidence-Based Design' page) allowed me to explore adaptive reuse and eventually discover my passion for reimagining airfields and underultized developed land as a part of sustainble design.

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This portfolio will present some of my works from high school and the rest from Michigan State University. My works will present my skills in design and rendering, graphics, my experience in research, and many more.