Sara
Zewde
Landscape Architect and Public ArtistHarlem, NY
2020 USA Fellow
This award was generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Sara Zewde is a landscape architect, urbanist, and public artist. She is founding principal of Studio Zewde, a design firm devoted to creating enduring places where people belong. The studio’s work explores the “aesthetics of being,” syncing site interpretation and narrative with a dedication to the craft of construction. She 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. In parallel with practice, Zewde regularly writes, teaches, and exhibits work.
Portrait photo by Carolyn Wheeler.
Design proposal for a new Praça de Yemanjá at the Valongo Wharf, Circuit of African Heritage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015.
Physical model of the proposed Circuit of African Heritage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015.
Design proposal for a streetscape in Freedmen's Town, Houston, Texas, 2014.