Sara Zewde will explore bell hooks' notion of the "aesthetics of being" as a creative departure for contemporary landscape design practice. Zewde will share recent design work of Studio Zewde across a range of geographies in view of hooks’ framework.

Sara Zewde is founding principal of Studio Zewde, a design firm practicing landscape architecture, urbanism, and public art. Named to Time Magazine’s TIME 100 Next, Architectural Digest's AD100, and a United States Artists Fellow, her practice is celebrated for its design methods that sync culture, ecology, and craft. In parallel to design practice, Zewde serves as Associate Professor of Practice at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is currently writing a book about Frederick Law Olmsted's travels through the Slave South, slated to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2027. 

This event is free and open to the public.