Sponge Collaborative is an interdisciplinary consulting, design, and planning firm dedicated to addressing climate risks, urban development challenges, and environmental pressures in rapidly growing cities and evolving landscapes. With offices in Chennai, Bengaluru, and Lyon, France, the firm integrates nature-positive approaches, human-centered design, and systems thinking to develop climate-resilient buildings, open spaces, infrastructure, water systems, and land development strategies.
Committed to mainstreaming nature-based solutions in Indian cities, Sponge Collaborative works across scales—from regional and metropolitan planning to site-specific interventions. Its multidisciplinary team of architects, landscape architects, engineers, urban designers, urban planners, and geospatial analysts, collaborating to create bold, locally grounded visions that respond to environmental pressures and development needs.
Sponge Collaborative partners with governments, multilateral institutions, private clients, and academia, many as repeat collaborators, and has successfully delivered projects across 10 Indian states and six countries in Central Asia and Mauritius.The firm and its work have received significant national and international recognition, including the IFLA Asia-Pacific Luminary Award 2025, World Landscape Architecture (WLA) Editors’ Award 2026, WADE Asia SheDesigns 2026, Tamil Nadu Green Champion Award, and the Thierry Maytraud Awards – Jury’s Special Award 2026.
