He ate well and exercised regularly.ĭuring his 10-month ordeal, Ken came to realize that what matters most during an illness is the human connection between patients and their caregivers. His case was riddled with terrible ironies. In November of 1994, Boston health care attorney Ken Schwartz was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Schwartz was recognized twice by the national journal, Design Intelligence, as one of the top 25 architectural educators in the United States (once while at the University of Virginia and once at Tulane University).Founder of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare He holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design degree as well as a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University. In 2001, he was elected to Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects. He is a past president of the National Architecture Accrediting Board and board member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Schwartz also served on the University of Virginia Master Planning Committee, as chairman of the Faculty Senate and on the Art and Architecture Review Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia (gubernatorial appointment). In addition to his design work, Schwartz served as a planning commissioner and member of the Board of Architectural Review for the City of Charlottesville, focusing on design and preservation issues in the community. He has won four national design competitions or awards for projects in Cincinnati, Baltimore, Charlottesville, and Chattanooga. His own practice has focused on community design for public sector clients, with emphasis on the integration of land use and transportation planning to create more livable and pedestrian-friendly development. "I am interested in the connection between design excellence in architecture with civic engagement and social innovation."Īs a founding principal of CP+D (Community Planning + Design) and Schwartz-Kinnard, Architects, he won four national design competitions exploring the constructive force that progressive urbanism and architecture can play in rebuilding cities.
In 2003, he won the UVA Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award – considered one of the highest honors bestowed upon faculty at that institution, with only one awarded university-wide each year. Previously, Schwartz was on the faculty at the University of Virginia for 24 years where he served as the architecture department chair and School of Architecture associate dean for academics. As dean, Schwartz guided the growth of the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, the School of Architecture’s applied urban research and outreach program that provides design services to communities who are consistently underserved in the field. The Tulane School of Architecture is one of the most visible units of Tulane University in creating a national model of innovative and empathetic pedagogy, working in close partnership with neighborhood and nonprofit organizations throughout New Orleans and beyond. The school also became the academic home for the interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (SISE). Under Schwartz’s leadership, the School of Architecture became one of the nation’s leading programs focusing on engagement, applied research and tangible contributions to community well-being. Schwartz has worked collaboratively across Tulane University evolving and developing ideas and initiatives tied to positive social change. He assumed these roles in 2014 in addition to his position as dean of the Tulane School of Architecture (2008-2018). Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking. Kenneth Schwartz is the first Michael Sacks Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship and founding director of the Phyllis M.
Michael Sacks Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurshipĭirector of Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking
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