Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Knowlton School and cofounder, Present Practice

Katherine Jenkins is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Knowlton School and cofounder of the interdisciplinary design-research group, Present Practice. Her work examines the connections between walking and design drawing—the ways in which each delineates territory, modifies land and leaves cultural traces. Embracing practices from fine art to ecological restoration and cartography, she considers the design implications of pathmaking broadly: how a pathway may become a dynamic ecological circulation system or an intractable line of jurisdiction. She is interested in how designing through motion impacts land management, resource conservation and the everyday experience of space. The products of her research include outdoor installations and public test sites, exhibitions, and articles in magazines and peer-reviewed journals. Katherine is a recipient of the MacDowell Colony Fellowship in Architecture.