The Geoffrey Bawa Trust’s Moonamal Award will host an online Knowledge Series session on 19 October featuring Sierra Bainbridge (RLA, ASLA), founder and Senior Principal at MASS, and director of its Landscape Studio and Abundant Futures Lab.

The session will explore the intersections of design, ecology and the built environment, examining how design practice can respond to pressing environmental and societal challenges while creating opportunities for a more equitable and flourishing future.

With a background in landscape architecture, ecology and regional planning, Bainbridge advances interdisciplinary approaches to regenerative design. Her practice brings together research, collaboration and context-driven thinking to develop solutions that respond to the complexities of the places and communities they serve.

Her portfolio spans projects of international significance, from the High Line and Fresh Kills Park to the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture and the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Across these projects, her work demonstrates the potential of design to contribute to ecological restoration, strengthen relationships between people and place, and support more sustainable futures. Her work has received recognition from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, among other institutions.

Bainbridge is also co-editor of Seeking Abundance:Design, Ecology and a Flourishing Planet, which explores the possibilities of design and ecological thinking in shaping a flourishing planet.

Her commitment to advancing the design professions extends to education and institutional leadership. She has taught architecture, landscape and interdisciplinary graduate studios and seminars at institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, the Boston Architectural College and the University of Rwanda. She has also helped develop educational programmes that connect design with conservation, food systems and community needs.

Through the Moonamal Knowledge Series, the Geoffrey Bawa Trust continues to foster dialogue around architecture, landscape, design and their relationship with the wider social and natural environment. The series creates opportunities to engage with practitioners whose work challenges conventional perspectives and expands the possibilities of design as a tool for meaningful change.

The free online session with Bainbridge invites participants to consider how design can move beyond individual projects to contribute to the long-term flourishing of communities and ecosystems.Further information on accessing the session will be shared through the Geoffrey Bawa Trust’s communication channels. To register for the sessions please use the link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-talk-seeking-abundance-design-ecology-and-a-flourishing-planet-tickets-2003279366512

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