Design Workshop
Samata Gyawali is a skilled landscape designer and planner with a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University, obtained in 2022. Currently employed at Design Workshop since January 2022, Samata previously served as a Graduate Research Assistant at North Carolina State University from January 2020 to December 2021 and interned at Rialto Studio, Inc. during the summer of 2021. Samata's academic background includes a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from IOE, Pulchowk Campus, earned in 2019, along with higher secondary education in Science from SOS Hermann Gmeiner Higher Secondary School in Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, and earlier schooling at SOS Hermann Gmeiner Higher Secondary School in Birendranagar, Surkhet.
Design Workshop
Design Workshop is an international design studio spanning the fields of landscape architecture, urban design, planning, economics and engagement. Since the first ‘Workshop’ in 1969, the firm continues to innovate with each generation, informed by changing economic context and the natural systems impacting our communities. A community of designers, architects, planners, researchers, and economists, we share a a deep commitment to design excellence and a holistic approach to creating places that stand the test of time. We design for people - not just today but for future generations. And in the rapidly changing world we live in, achieving a balance of resiliency and stewardship remains central to our work. We call this process DW Legacy Design®. Whether designing a private courtyard and garden, a new community within a fragile ecosystem, or transforming a brownfield site into an Innovation District, we strive to foster connections between people while creating meaningful, distinctive places.