Who we are

Zoras Landscape Urbanism & Design (Zoras LUD) is an internationally acclaimed landscape and urban design practice, set up by Anja and Sheeraz Zaidi in 2009 in the United Kingdom. Zoras has 15 years of experience in landscape, especially in Great Britain, Germany, India, the Middle East and Africa. We currently have offices in London, Leipzig and Bangalore.

Zoras LUD is a design-led multi-skilled team who focus on creating unique, memorable and long-lasting experiences through contemporary design. The professionals at Zoras LUD, belief the space inhabited is vital to the quality of people’s lives and the design of a space contributes to their health, happiness and well-being while supporting environmental health and economic stability. We are passionate about design as a collaborative process that involves a well-developed knowledge of the science behind the natural and man-made world, as well as the social and cultural processes. A thorough understanding of the principles of related professions is essential. We are committed to high-quality designs throughout – from project initiation through concept, design development, procurement, implementation and maintenance. We recognize that if the high-quality design is to succeed, it must be supported by an appreciation of the client’s needs, the efficient use of natural, man made and financial resources as well as an excellent quality of service and practice management.

Our clients include national and international commercial firms and developers including many national and international organisations. We have planned and designed a number of successful landscapes in the educational, health, mixed-use, residential and hospitality sector with a strong emphasis on sustainable designs for a circular economy. These projects range from medium to high density and small to large scale. We are currently working across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

What we do

Landscape & Urban Design

Planning, design, management, and enhancement of the built and natural environment

Master Planning

Integration of natural and cultural assets of the site and its surrounding areas into the design process

Ecosystem Services Design

Design of ecosystems in landscape and urban space to reduce the ecological footprint of human activities and increase the carrying capacity of landscape and urban systems

Assessment of Tree Health and Management

Assessment of trees for their structural integrity and general vitality, assessment of each part of the tree for it healthy growth to ensure their longterm ecosystem services and avoid becoming a safety concern

Our practice has established a strong reputation for imaginative landscape and urban design and regeneration, holistic site planning as well as ecosystem services design whilst adhering to rigorous national and international standards in the development of the design.

Our core skills are in the disciplines of landscape and urban design.

We have specialist skills in:

– Brief development

– Creative ideas development and presentation

– Current trends in landscape design

Project management skills to enable integrated design development and successful delivery of projects

– Ecosystem services (plants, water, soil)

– Assessment of tree health and management solutions

– Sustainable urban drainage systems

– Campus Strategic Masterplan

We have experience in leading design teams as well as acting as consultants in large scale multi-disciplinary projects.

Landscape services are often used to manage complex challenges. Most often this requires managing interdisciplinary challenges as well. We see landscape and urban design, master planning and ecosystem services design as a unique strategy to steer interdisciplinary teams and complex tasks from the first idea until the realisation, completion and management of long-term success. We regularly work with planners, architects, engineers, specialist consultants, artists, and others to accomplish this.

Our aim is to help our clients create projects of long-lasting worth irrespective of their scale and type. In all our projects we work closely with the Client by taking a very “hands on” approach to design, by engaging with our clients as much as possible in the design process and by keeping projects within-budget and on-time.

Environment & Sustainability

What has once been damaged demands much effort to restore, especially when the environment is at stake. For this reason, we take a holistic approach to protecting, caring for and developing our natural environment. Yet sometimes this is not enough and balancing action is needed. In cases where land has been permanently transformed by building projects we develop convincing, future-oriented strategies.

Team

Clients / Collaborators

Clients:

  • Aga Khan Educational Services
  • Boeing
  • Unishire
  • SJR Primecorp
  • Vaswani Group
  • Clover Builders
  • Kokal Interiors
  • Happy Homes
  • Home and Soul
  • Dell
  • Safricode S.A.R.L.
  • ABA Group
  • Airwil group
  • EARTHCON Developers
  • Micasa Developers
  • Mikasa County
  • Synergy
  • Salarpuria Sattva
  • L&T
  • Galaxy Group
  • Ozone Group
  • SAS Infra

Collaborators:

  • RSP
  • Edifice
  • ARCOP
  • DSP Architects
  • Thomas Associates
  • Bharadwaj Bharadwaj & Associates
  • Channey Architects
  • Talati and Panthaky Associ.
  • Hadi Teherani India
  • Design Forum International
  • VA Associates
  • Modarch
  • Confluence Architects
  • Aedas – Hong Kong
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