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Sara Zewde is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she practices landscape architecture through her design firm, Studio Zewde. Her work focuses on the intersection of landscape architecture, urbanism, and public art, with ongoing projects such as the landscape design for the Dia Beacon Art Museum in Beacon, NY, and the Watts Towers Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA. Zewde's research challenges cultural assumptions in the practice of design, emphasizing the importance of cultural and ecological sensitivities in shaping urban landscapes. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard, a Master of City Planning from MIT, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Statistics from Boston University. Zewde has previously taught at Columbia University and the University of Texas. She is noted for her scholarly contributions and has received awards such as the 2014 National Olmsted Scholar and the 2016 Artist-in-Residence from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Zewde is also recognized in the 2024 TIME 100 and Wallpaper’s 300 People Shaping Creative America.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).