Martha Schwartz
The Ahmad Tehrani Symposium
Part of the MIT Fall 2024 Architecture Lecture Series.
Martha Schwartz is a landscape architect and artist with major interests in cities, communities and the urban landscape. As principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, she has over 35 years of experience as a landscape architect, urbanist and artist on a wide variety of projects located around the world with a variety of world-renowned architects.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for her outstanding contribution to UK design; the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award; the Women in Design Award for Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects; an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Ulster in Belfast, Ireland; a fellowship from the Urban Design Institute; visiting residencies at Radcliffe College and the American Academy in Rome; an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects and most recently a Council of Fellows Award by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Martha is a tenured Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a founding member of the Working Group of Sustainable Cities at Harvard University. She has lectured both nationally and internationally about sustainable cities and the urban landscape, and her work has been featured widely in publications as well as gallery exhibitions.
Markus Jatsch is an award-winning and renowned architect and landscape urbanist.
He combines a background in fine arts and philosophy with over 25 years of professional experience in designing and implementing well-known projects in urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and public art. He currently serves as Senior Partner and Creative Director at Martha Schwartz Partners (MSP), where he also oversees the activities of MSP’s R&D group on climate change. He has collaborated with Martha Schwartz for over 20 years, having previously worked with David Chipperfield Architects.
Markus has been awarded several honors for his work and achievements; these include the Fulbright Commission Award and the City of Munich Culture Award. He is a chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Bavarian Chamber of Architects, as wells as an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Markus holds a Doctor of Engineering degree in Architecture and Philosophy from the Technical University of Munich, a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and a Diploma of Engineering in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Stuttgart.
He combines his professional practice with work in academia and research, having taught at such world-renowned design schools as Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, the Polytechnic University of Milan, and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He authored monographs including Debordered Space(Stuttgart: Edition Menges, 2004) and Landscape Art and Urbanism (Stuttgart: Edition Menges, 2018). His work has been widely featured in various publications as well as in international museum and gallery exhibitions.
This lecture will be held in person in Huntington Hall, 10-250 and streamed online.
Lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures will be held Thursdays at 6 PM ET in 7-429 (Long Lounge) and streamed online unless otherwise noted. Registration required to attend in-person. Register here or watch the webcast on Youtube.
