Designing Spaces for Life, Care and Nature

October 26, 2026

For Anindita Shrivastava, architecture is more than a physical object: it is a framework for living. The Indian-trained architectural designer and urbanist, based in London, brings experience across India, China and the UK to her exploration of care, housing and public space. Through her research, Shrivastava questions why dwelling, healthcare, food and landscape are so often planned separately. Rather than treating people only as patients, residents or consumers, her approach considers their overlapping needs for privacy, company, nourishment and contact with nature. Central to her thinking is the relationship between spatial design and everyday support. Courtyards, planted corridors and shared gardens offer connection without giving up privacy. Her unbuilt academic proposal, The Health Sanctuary, illustrates this approach by bringing housing and healthcare together through communal greenhouses. Across her work, landscape is part of living rather than a backdrop. Her interest lies in buildings that contribute to their neighbourhoods through shared resources and local culture. For Indian cities, her perspective asks how housing, markets and places of care can support community without overlooking individual choice.