Kyna Leski
Whether in her own work, or through her students’
work, Kyna Leski is drawn and dedicated to navigating
the creative process. Over the last twenty one years of
teaching, she has closely witnessed projects pursued
and developed by students at the Rhode Island School
of Design. Professor Leski is the author of the first semester
core architecture design curriculum, given for
sixteen years and to over 1500 students. A book on
this pedagogy, The Making of Design Principles, was
published in 2007. Professor Leski served as the head
of the RISD European Honors Program in Rome from
1993 to 1995; she has taught in the Architecture, Foundation
Studies and Industrial Design departments. The
primary focus of her teaching research is the creative
process and its workings across a broad spectrum of
disciplines. Currently, she is writing a book called
Design Intelligences, which focuses on the design
mind. This year, Professor Leski is the Acting Head of
the Department of Architecture and is a principal of 3SIXØ Architecture, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Kyna Leski earned a B.Arch from The Cooper Union
School of Architecture in 1985 and a M.Arch from Harvard
University’s Graduate School of Design in 1988.
She is an avid rower who can be found most mornings
before dawn on the Seekonk River and Narragansett Bay
in Providence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIG8I3E_6A
work, Kyna Leski is drawn and dedicated to navigating
the creative process. Over the last twenty one years of
teaching, she has closely witnessed projects pursued
and developed by students at the Rhode Island School
of Design. Professor Leski is the author of the first semester
core architecture design curriculum, given for
sixteen years and to over 1500 students. A book on
this pedagogy, The Making of Design Principles, was
published in 2007. Professor Leski served as the head
of the RISD European Honors Program in Rome from
1993 to 1995; she has taught in the Architecture, Foundation
Studies and Industrial Design departments. The
primary focus of her teaching research is the creative
process and its workings across a broad spectrum of
disciplines. Currently, she is writing a book called
Design Intelligences, which focuses on the design
mind. This year, Professor Leski is the Acting Head of
the Department of Architecture and is a principal of 3SIXØ Architecture, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Kyna Leski earned a B.Arch from The Cooper Union
School of Architecture in 1985 and a M.Arch from Harvard
University’s Graduate School of Design in 1988.
She is an avid rower who can be found most mornings
before dawn on the Seekonk River and Narragansett Bay
in Providence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIG8I3E_6A
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