Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York City, also known simply as GSAPP, is regarded as one of the most important and prestigious architecture schools in the world.[1][2][3][4][5] It is also home to the well-regarded Masters of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design, Historic Preservation, Real Estate Development, Urban Design, and Urban Planning.

GSAPP Architecture Studios at Avery Hall.
GSAPP
TypePrivate
Established1881
Parent institution
Columbia University
DeanWeiping Wu
Academic staff
195 (academic staff)
Students629 (total enrollment)
Location
New York City
,
U.S.
CampusUrban
Websitewww.arch.columbia.edu
Avery Hall, Columbia University.

The school's resources include the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, the United States' largest architectural library and home to some of the first books published on architecture, as well as the origin of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.[6]

Recent deans of the school have included architect James Stewart Polshek, noted architectural theorist and deconstructivist architect Bernard Tschumi, Mark Wigley, and Amale Andraos (2014-2021).[7] Weiping Wu serves as Interim Dean since January 2022.[8]

History

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) has evolved over more than a century. It was transformed from a department within the Columbia School of Mines into a formal School of Architecture by William Robert Ware in 1881—making it one of the first such professional programs in the country.[9]

Academics

While the number of specialized programs being offered by the school has multiplied over the years, architecture remains the intellectual core of the school, providing the central focus for more than half of the students and faculty, in addition to conferring a unique identity onto each of the other affiliated programs. All programs share a commitment to both professional training and research. The curriculum and philosophy stress the necessity of analyzing and challenging the underlying history, premises, and future directions of the design professions, and applying this research and knowledge towards design and the built environment, as students are prepared to become accomplished practitioners in their respective fields of specialization.[10]

Rankings

Columbia GSAPP has been ranked #2 among the Top Architecture Graduate Programs five times over the past ten years on DesignIntelligence's ranking of programs accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, including the 2020 rankings.[5][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Notable faculty
See also: List of Columbia University people

Current faculty
  • Amale Andraos – Founder of WORKac Architects[18] and former Dean (2014-2021)
  • Barry Bergdoll – Former Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MoMA
  • Andrew Dolkart – James Marston Fitch Professor of Historic Preservation. Former Director of the Historic Preservation Program (2008-2016)
  • Kenneth Frampton – Ware Professor of Architecture Emeritus
  • Mario Gooden - Interim Director of GSAPP's Master of Architecture Program
  • Juan Herreros – Founder of Abalos & Herreros
  • Steven Holl – Founder and Principal of Steven Holl Architects
  • Andrés Jaque – Director of GSAPP's Advanced Architectural Design Program, Founder and Principal of Office for Political Innovation
  • Laura Kurgan – Director of GSAPP's Computational Design Program and Director of the Center for Spatial Research
  • LOT-EK – Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano
  • Reinhold Martin – Former Director of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture
  • Kate Orff – Director of GSAPP's Architecture and Urban Design Program, Founder and Principal of SCAPE
  • Jorge Otero-Pailos – Director of GSAPP's Historic Preservation Program
  • Richard Plunz – Director of Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute and Former Director of GSAPP's Architecture and Urban Design Program
  • Aexandra Quantrill - Director of the Masters program in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture
  • Michael Rock – Founder of 2 x 4, Director of Graphical Arch Studies
  • Karla Maria Rothstein – Director of Columbia University's DeathLAB; co-founder of Latent Productions
  • Hilary Sample – Founder and Principal of MOS Architects
  • Galia Solomonoff – architect of Dia:Beacon museum and founding creative director of Solomonoff Architecture Studio
  • Bernard Tschumi – designed Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia's student center, former Dean (1988 to 2003)
  • Mary McLeod - Co-curator of the exhibition Charlotte Perriand: Interior Equipment,
  • Mark Wigley – directed the exhibition "Deconstructivist Architecture" at MoMA with Philip Johnson, former Dean (2004-2014)
  • Gwendolyn Wright
  • Weiping Wu – Interim Dean and Director of GSAPP's Urban Planning Program

Former faculty

Notable alumni

Research Centers

Center for Spatial Research

The Spatial Research Center was established in 2015 as a center for urban research that combines design, architecture, urbanism, humanities and data science. It sponsors research and curricular activities built around new technologies of mapping, data visualization and data collection and data analysis. CSR focuses on data literacy as well as interrogating the world of 'big data,' working to open up new areas of research and inquiry with advanced design tools to help scholars, students as well as our collaborators and audiences, to understand cities worldwide – past present and future.[28]

Center for Urban Real Estate

The Center for Urban Real Estate was founded in 2011 in order to address the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world and the most complex problems of the real estate industry. From the concerns of inequitable socio-economic outcomes in the urban environment, through the spectacular revitalization of urban centers, such as Lower Manhattan, after the devastation of terrorism, natural disaster, and deteriorating infrastructure, to creating technological systems for optimized investment decisions, the Center serves as a forum for robust discussions and rigorous analysis by real estate professionals and scholars. A major current focus of the Center is the development of advanced applied technology that can be achieved by bridging the gap between the compelling needs of the real estate industry and the advanced research and resources in technology within the extensive Columbia University ecosystem.[29]

Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture

The Buell Center was founded in 1982. Its mission is to advance the interdisciplinary study of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. In recent years, the Center has convened issue-oriented conversations around matters of public concern, such as housing, that are addressed to overlapping constituencies including academics, students, professionals, and members of the general public. The Center's research and programming articulate facts and frameworks that modify key assumptions governing the architectural public sphere—that is, the arena in which informed public analysis and debate about architecture and urbanism takes place.[30] The center is located in Buell Hall.

Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting

Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting (also known as C-Lab[31]) was founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Inaba.[31] It is an experimental research unit which investigates how cities would evolve and studies urban and architecture issues related to new technologies.

See also

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