Leonard Palmer

Designer.Researcher.Maker.

Design

A School with Room for Queerness
Pipecycle_Design
Data Pub(lic)
Slope House
Inside Out
Monoliths
Perspective
Confession

Research

Upscaling Wool Ecologies
Upcycling Wool Ecologies Pipecycle_Experiment
Feel the Flux
Moss*Crete
Shells of Light, Blobs of Shadow

Make

woodles.n.things
Zero Waste Cart
Japanese Boat Building Workshop


About

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 Leonard Palmer is a designer, researcher, and maker at the intersection of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).  As a Senior Research Associate at the Grinham Research Group, he is currently focused on the development of a sheep wool bio-composite as an insulative cladding material for retrofit solutions. The research was most recently exhibited at the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2026. He brings his strong background in fabrication into the development of experimental prototypes and material research that require high levels of precision.  In his spare time, he makes furniture pieces out of found scrap materials, and volunteers at the Arnold Arboretum. Leonard received his Master of Architecture with distinction and the Alpha Rho Chi Medal from Harvard GSD, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Studio Arts with High Honors from Wesleyan University.

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