Karolina Kawiaka

Overview

In addition to Sustainable Design at Thayer, Kawiaka teaches architecture, drawing, digital drawing and fabrication, and senior seminar courses in the Studio Art Department, as well as digital fabrication in the Computer Science Department, and regenerative design in the Environmental Studies Department. She is a faculty advisor to and co-founder of both the student architecture club (Arc@D) and Dartmouth Alumni in Design and Architecture (DADA). She is a registered architect and her firm's work includes building, landscape and planning projects focusing on regenerative design and green infrastructure, as well as digital drawing, fabrication and installations.

Research Interests

Architectural design; urban planning; sustainability; regenerative design; zero net energy building and retrofits; product design; digital fabrication

Education

• AB, Fine Art, Art History & Architecture, Smith College
• MArch, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

Awards

• Zero Energy Design Designation, US Department of Energy
• Student Assembly Profiles in Excellence Teaching Award, Dartmouth
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, Dartmouth
• Inaugural Faculty Lorax Sustainability Award, Dartmouth
• Campus Compact of NH Humanitarian Award
• Landscape Planning, Research and Analysis Honor Award, Vermont American Society of Landscape Architects

Professional Activities

• Principal, Karolina Kawiaka Studio
• Member, American Institute of Architects
• Steering Commitee Member, US Architects Declare

Courses

• ENGS 44: Sustainable Design