DEVANG ARVIND SHAH


Fort Greene, NYC
Fort Greene, NYC
Sun Table
San Francisco




Neptune Blue House, New York City

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Neptune Blue House

Category      Architecture
Location       Staten Island, NYC
Client            Private
Status           In Progress

2 family home on an urban lot, near the Atlantic Ocean, and in a flood zone.

Simultaneous communal and private experiences. Outdoor shower, planted walls, semi-outdoor breezeway / balcony. Hydropanels for clean water. Solar for electric. Gas-free.

Living and utilities are raised 12’ to be above the flood plane.

Flood proof and resistant to climate change.


Nature #33
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Nature #7

46 x 41 x 46 cm
artist grown limestone, 
lime mortar, steel, 
algae, rain water  → 49
Nature #3

6 x 6 x 3 cm
artist grown limestone
stainless seel  → 49


Nature (series)

Category    
Scientific Research, Sculpture                      
Years            
2023-Present  

Materials      
limestone, steel, copper, algae, iron

Description
An ongoing research project to develop limestone as a material for sculpture, buildings, and pigments.

The ultimate aim is to create carbon-negative limestone from waste concrete, solar, and other non-polluting sources.

Limestone objects are grown underwater in an electro-chemical process similar to the origin of life. The resulting objects are colored by their environment - cream and white limestones, red irons, green coppers, and blue algaes.

The sculpture acts as a form of exploring the mechanical/structural material limits of the limestone, as well as serving as a vehicle for developing colored stones and other one-off processes.




DAS.ltd

A New York City based studio focused on sustainable architecture, public spaces, sculpture and research. It was founded in 2017.

Projects include the flood-resistant Neptune Blue House (2024-present), lab-grown limestone (2023-present), Bed-Stuy Aquarium (2024), and sculpture Bed of Roses (2022), a finalist in the Times Square Arts competition.


Some Press
BOMB Magazine
NPR
Gothamist
Complex
 NHK Japan
Wired
MIT Technology Review
Architects Newspaper
 Architectural Digest
 Vogue
New York Times
Village Voice
Solare Design


Some Clients and Collaborators
NYCHA
Arakawa and Gins
 Bed-Stuy Aquarium
Anita Dongre
Duke Riley
Galia Lahav
Guggenheim
Department of Parks
Democratic Socialists of New York
Massive Attack
TV on the Radio


Devang Arvind Shah (DAS) is an architect whose work explores healing environments, environmental resilience, and our relationship to public spaces. DAS’s studies have spanned economics, engineering, public policy, and architecture.

Since 2023, DAS has conducted scientific research to chemically grow limestone using waste concrete. The process takes place underwater, using an electrical process similar to the theorized origin of life in the ocean.

The method has potential to create carbon-neutral building materials or to serve as a carbon-sequestration pathway.  

DAS’s work with the Bed-Stuy Aquarium in New York City moved towards creating a novel legal and social pathway for community projects on sidewalks and other off-limits areas.

After passing scrutiny with the NYC Parks Department, Dept of Transportation, and Dept of Environmental Protection, the coalition has the greenlight to create a community-run project sanctioned by the city.  

DAS has previously worked with NYCHA and futurists Arakawa & Gins. His interview with architect and design visionary James Wines for BOMB Magazine was published August 2026.



D A S . L T D  
Devang Arvind Shah Architecture PLLC
registered architect      New York State
     office@das.ltd