Senior Research Associate
SWA Group
Sausalito, California
Jonah Susskind is a senior research associate at SWA’s design research and innovation platform – XL Lab, where his work focuses on climate change and accelerated urbanization in the built environment with a special focus on wildfire risk and resilience. Susskind has held teaching appointments at MIT and Harvard, where he earned a master’s degree in landscape architecture. He has taught studio and seminar courses in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning focused on environmental risk, urban adaptation, and community resilience. He is the author of “Playbook for the Pyrocene: Design Strategies for Fire-Prone Communities” (2023).
SUN-A01: Hot, Dry, Burnt: Adapting to Climate Change in the American West
Sunday, October 6, 2024
8:30am – 9:45am ET