Sara Zewde

Aerial view of an outdoor amphitheater with an event taking place, surrounded by forest and fields.
Photo credit: Hadley Fruits for Landmark Columbus Foundation

Ecologies of Memory

In the context of clarified social and political tensions, a changing climate, and rapid urban development, an understanding of ecologies of memory can offer creative departures for contemporary design practice. Sara Zewde will share recent design work of Studio Zewde across a range of geographies in view of this framework.

Woman wearing all black, stands with crossed arms in between two trees.

Sara Zewde

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 *Wallpaper’s 300 People Shaping Creative America, her practice is celebrated for its design methods that sync culture, ecology, and craft. In parallel to her design practice, Sara serves as Assistant Professor of Practice at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and is currently writing a book on her research retracing Frederick Law Olmsted's journeys through the Slave South. Sara holds a master’s of landscape architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a master’s of city planning from MIT, and a BA in sociology and statistics from Boston University.