Matthew VanSweden

Matthew is the Director of Regenerative Design at Progressive Companies and a Living Future Hero. His work bridges foresight, feedback, and belonging—designing not just for carbon or compliance, but for empathy, resilience, and shared authorship. From reimagining campus housing as villages of care, to embedding foresight teams inside design practice, to challenging the very terms of civic discourse, Matthew advances a discipline where architecture is never backdrop but active participant in democracy, justice, and repair.