Sekar James is a visionary landscape architect, combining his B.Sc. Agri degree from Annamalai University with his innate flair for art, to create landmark landscape designs. Since his first project in 1974 was the iconic Fisherman’s Cove project in Chennai which catapulted him into the limelight, and he has since designed, detailed over 3000 projects over the past 4 decades. He is enthralled by the challenges that we face in developing design strategies that conserve our natural resources, and is committed to being a part of a process that creates sustainable, holistic and inclusive designs, conserving and protecting our environment for posterity. His design process is driven by the an emotional connection to the site, allowing him to assimilate, deconstruct and modify design measures to suit not only the functional requirement and the aesthetic fabric of the larger context, but also the long-term impact, sustainability and value of the design as a whole.

As the CEO & Design Head at Master Plan, Zhayynn’s key responsibilities include designing and overseeing turnkey projects for major IT clients in several cities across India, incorporating LEED & GRIHA standards as applicable, understanding the context of the natural landscape of the area and incorporating environment friendly / sustainable design components into the masterplan. He is constantly looking for ways to improve sustainability and reduce the consumption footprint. This has resulted in the introduction of several simple but very efficient ancillary design interventions that have now become part of the design mainstream at Master Plan. This has lead to several projects earning prestigious awards in the field of sustainable design.