We need to create an embedded understanding of the systems and identities that construct place.

Therese Graf

Director, Landscape Architecture
Kigali, Rwanda

Therese is a landscape shaper and team leader who is passionate about the potential to support thriving ecosystems, communities and places of inspiration. In her work as a Design Director at MASS Design Group’s Boston studio, she strives to create an embedded understanding of the systems and identities that make up a place. 

Therese works across MASS’ studios and supports the design and development of projects in conservation and public memory. She has contributed to the development of Harris County Remembrance Park, the visioning of the University of Texas Austin’s East Mall, and the expansion of the Volcanoes National Park. Prior to this, she was located in the Rwanda office where she helped to manage the design and implementation of the Rwanda Institute of Conservation Agriculture, the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, and Norrsken. 

Before joining MASS in 2018, Therese worked for GGN in Seattle, WA, Coen + Partners in Minneapolis and the Center for Public Interest Design at Portland State University. Therese received her Bachelor of Environmental Design and Landscape Planning from the University of Minnesota and a Master of International Cooperation in Sustainable Emergency Architecture from the International University of Catalonia in Barcelona. 

I am passionate about having the opportunity to shape places that heal, connect, create symbiosis, and inspire.