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Katie Swenson

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Adjunct Assistant Professor

Katie Swenson is a senior principal at MASS Design Group, a global design collective with the mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Before joining MASS full time in 2020, she served as a board member, providing insight on how design practice promotes economic and social equity, environmental sustainability, and healthy communities.

Previously the vice president of Design & Sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Katie is an expert in affordable housing, community development, and leadership cultivation. A member of the second class of Enterprise Rose Fellowship, Swenson was tapped to grow and lead the program in 2007, after completing her fellowship with the Piedmont Housing in Charlottesville. Following her Rose fellowship, Swenson founded the Charlottesville Community Design Center in Charlottesville and, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, led it to establish an international design competition. Based on the innovations that emerged from the competition and work, she co-authored, “Growing Urban Habitats: Seeking a New Housing Development Model,” with William Morrish and Susanne Schindler.

Katie holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. She was a 2018-2019 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She teaches Urban Design at GSAPP and first year graduate Housing studio at Parsons, The New School. She is the author of “Design With Love: At Home in America” stories from 20 years of the Enterprise Rose Fellowship, with photography by Harry Connolly and a memoir, “In Bohemia: A Memoir of Loss, Love and Kindness,” both released in the fall of 2020.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
A6820‑1 Fall 2024
Urban Design Studio II
Thaddeus Pawlowski, Nadine Maleh, Julia Murphy, Lee Altman, Katie Swenson, Samuel Carter
206 FAYERWEATHER
M + TH 1:30 - 6:30 , F 9AM -11AM
FULL SEMESTER
9 Points
10593