Killion Mokwete is UK trained and registered Architect (RIBA chartered Architect) and a Co-Founder of Boston based, Social Impact Collective (SIC). Prior to co-founding SIC, Killion co-founded non-profit design practice, Adativ and worked the international design build organization Build Health International (BHI) and has also worked at Shepley Bulfinch in Boston where he was part of the University of Global Equity (UGHE), Rwanda campus design team alongside MASS Design.
Killion’s international experience in architecture & urban design spans from London where he worked on urban development projects (New Barnet, Russia, Greece) while at the international firm Building Design Partnership (BDP) and on educational campus design while at Shepherd Robson Architects. He has also practiced in Botswana with Mosienynae and Partners (MPI) where he led urban design projects in Kumasi, Ghana.
Killion is also an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University where he teaches various studios including a graduate thesis and has coordinated travelling studio to participate in community engagement workshops & activities in Arcahaie, Haiti in Sprint Semester 2020. Killion has also taught at Boston Architectural College (BAC) since 2016 where he was part of the Community Practice and Gateway studios focused in community outreach through design and co-creation with various community partners in the Boston area. Killion has also led placed based studio’s at Massart where he worked with local stakeholder partners in Lynn, MA to explore design interventions through community/stakeholder engagement. Prior to teaching in the US, Killion also taught architecture studios in school of architecture at the University of Botswana, Africa.
Killion is currently perusing research initiative faced on preservation of African heritage architecture through leveraging digital technology and social participation with a pilot based in Benin, Porto-Novo.
Killion is especially interested on how participatory design processes can be a catalyst for local community development and how this can foster local ownership, build local capacity and contribute towards long-term social impact. In July 2019, Killion presented a conference paper at the Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF 19) in Trinidad & Tobago titled, ‘Local Community Participatory Planning Methodologies as a catalyst towards long term Urban Resilience in Haiti.’
Outside architecture and design, Killion is a media publishing enthusiast, having founded, Botswana’s first Built Environment media publishing initiative, Boidus Media from 2011-2014 with the focus on creating a platforms for professional and community dialogue on issues affecting the local industry there.