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Carlos X. Torres de Janon '14 currently lives in Seattle and works as an associate Landscape Designer at MIG, Inc. He shared how his Bennington education taught him to "wear many hats" in design and in life.

At Bennington College, students have the opportunity to expand their education beyond campus by cross enrolling in courses at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. Shadan Karimi '25 took advantage of this opportunity to participate in Design for the Pluriverse, a Williams College course dedicated to sustainability and community.

Katie Hansen ’27 studies set design and architecture at Bennington. During her first year, she was hired to design a backdrop for the “Lessons with Lincoln” panel of the 2024 Gettysburg Film Festival, which occurred on April 5 in Gettysburg, PA.

Tisa Shrestha '26 studies Architecture at Bennington and supplements her Plan with coursework in Mathematics and Environmental Studies. During the 2024 Field Work Term, Shrestha worked at Local Initiatives for Biodiversity (LI-BIRD), a Nepal-based NGO that supports the sustainable management of natural resources in support of smallholder farmers.

Kent Hikida '85 is a principal architect at OTJ Architects and professor at Pratt Institute.

By Soumya Rachel Shailendra
The gardening shed, overlooking the Green Mountains, may just be a dilapidated structure for most of us, but for Zen Beattie ’21 it holds immense potential for redesigning and reconstruction.

Bennington College trustee Matthew Clarke has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Design Trust for Public Space.

In this issue we see how well versed and prepared Bennington alumni are when it comes to making space—for home, for preservation, for performance, for community. In this section we celebrate the submissions that do just that.

Kent Hikida ’85 knows the value of the Bennington network extends long after graduation. Along with his wife, Amy Schweitzer Hikida ’85, he co-chairs the New York City Steering Committee for the Bennington Alumni Cooperative.

2019 will be an exciting year of transition across Bennington College’s campus.

Kevin Alter '85, founder of Alterstudio Architecture, has been inducted into the Wm. S. Marvin Hall of Fame for Design Excellence.

The Constant Springs Residence, designed by Kevin Alter ’85, was featured as the cover story in the March/April issue of Dwell.

Co-organized by faculty member Jon Isherwood and Bennington Museum curator Jamie Franklin, 3D Digital: Here and Now is a collaboration between Bennington College and the Bennington Museum that highlights artists, designers, and manufacturers whose work exploits the potential of new technologies to push material practice. The exhibition runs through June 15.

What do you do with a degree in architecture, philosophy and sculpture? For one, you win a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed habitat to be used in Mars exploration.
That’s what a team led by Bennington alum Guvenc Özel ‘02 did recently.

A photo of Evie Garf 11's "Book-Dependent Shelf," an inverted bookshelf she made for an architecture course two years ago, was featured last week on "The Book Bench," a New Yorker blog that frequently publishes great images of books from around the world.
Anthony Titus is the founder of Anthony Titus Studio, a laboratory for the exploration of ideas related to the contemporary practices of art and architecture.

Sophie Nichols is an architectural designer based in Brooklyn, where she works for GRT Architects. She holds an M.Arch from Cornell University and a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.

Donald Sherefkin is an architect whose projects range from urban loft renovations to rural retreats to sacred spaces, extending from the heart of New York City to New England.