Remesha Design is a research-design firm that provides services in landscape architecture, public art, community engagement and education . Established in 2020 and based in Vancouver, the firm operates locally and internationally. Remesha Design operates within the framework of decoloniality, Indigeneity and Afrofuturism; a school of thought which combines ancient wisdom from Africa with technology and creativity to envision social change and alternative futures. Remesha Design has worked on design projects and exhibited work focused on centering Black and Indigenous worldviews into landscape systems and urban spaces in Canada and the US.

remesha (v) is a Kirundi word which means to uplift and to improve one’s or other people’s spiritual, social and emotional conditions. Remesha is the founding principle of our work; to engage in work and discourse that uplift and improve our collective realities and futures.

Divine Ndemeye, founding principal of Remesha Design, is an award winning landscape designer, artist, and educator (Adjunct professor at UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture). She focuses on community empowerment, sustainability, and community-lead design approaches. Prior to pursuing a career in design, Divine worked in different municipalities in strategic and urban planning, and has over 10 years of experience in community building and engagement. Divine uses Afrofuturism as an operational lens in her work; using creative wisdom from Africa and around the world for speculation towards social change. Her spatial design practice is centered around carving spaces that uplift BIPOC communities.

Divine is the founder and Co-Director of the Black+Indigenous Design Collective; a social enterprise working to build the capacity of Black and Indigenous Youth in the spatial design fields and public art, and working to increase the visibility and agency of Black and Indigenous communities in urban spaces. She is also the host of the Design unmuted podcast, a platform that elevates marginalized voices in design, art and all things creative.