This spring 2022 semester, Columbia GSAPP’s public programming builds on the School’s ongoing exploration into issues such as climate change, social equity, as well as the impact of data and technology on the built environment through new forms of practices and collaboration across scales, modes of engagement, and geographies. All events are free and open to the public. Please register in advance to receive links for online events. In-person events will be open to Columbia University affiliates and live-streamed for the general public. Please reference our event calendar (times noted in ET) for additional events and program details.
Columbia GSAPP’s Spring 2022 event highlights include:
Lecture Series
All lectures begin at 6:30pm.
Brigitte Shim, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects
“Crafting Place”
January 24
Brigitte Shim is a Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto and Principal at Shim-Sutcliffe Architects.
Elias Anastas and Yousef Anastas, AAU ANASTAS Studio
“Generic Specificities”
February 7
Elias Anastas and Yousef Anastas are Co-founders of the Palestinian architectural and engineering practice AAU ANASTAS with offices in Bethlehem and Paris.
Sara Bronin
“Can Preservation Law Evolve in its Second Century”
Byard Memorial Lecture
February 9
Sara Bronin is a Professor at Cornell’s College of Architecture Art & Planning, and an Associate Member of the Cornell Law Faculty.
Zhu Pei, Studio Zhu-Pei
“Root of the Mind”
February 14
Zhu Pei is the Founder of the Studio Zhu-Pei, and Dean and Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
Jay Cephas
“Incorporating Practices”
Detlef Mertins Lecture on the Histories of Modernity
February 21
Jay Cephas is an Assistant Professor at Princeton University School of Architecture.
Andrea Fraser
Organized by the M.S. in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture Program at GSAPP.
March 21
Andrea Fraser is an artist and the Department Head and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio of the School of Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Galia Solomonoff, Solomonoff Architecture Studio and GSAPP
GSAPP Open House Lecture
March 28
Galia Solomonoff is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at GSAPP and Principal of the New York City-based SAS/Solomonoff Architecture Studio.
Olalekan Jeyifous
April 11
Olalekan Jeyifous is a Brooklyn-based artist and Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture.
Dorte Mandrup, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
April 18
Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen is the Founder and Creative Director of the Copenhagen-based architectural practice Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S.
Conference and discussion series
On Trust Land
February 24
A discussion among Joseph Kunkel of MASS Design Group; Teresa Montoya of the University of Chicago; and Lucia Allais, Associate Professor and Director of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at GSAPP. Organized by the Buell Center as part of the Conversations on Architecture and Land in the Americas series.
Fitch Colloquium: Preservation in China's Future
March 4
The colloquium will critically examine how Chinese architects are engaging with preservation to imagine new forms of creativity and cultural relevance. Organized by the Historic Preservation program at GSAPP in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Race, Space, and Architecture: Reflections on a Curriculum
March 23
Suzi Hall, Huda Tayob, and Thandi Loewenson in conversation with Emanuel Admassu, Assistant Professor at GSAPP.
Counting Land
March 24
A conversation among Alma Steingart, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Columbia University, and others. Organized by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at GSAPP as part of the Conversations on Architecture and Land in the Americas series.
Making the Land Pay
April 7
A conversation among Timothy Mitchell, Professor at Columbia University; Lucia Allais, Associate Professor and Director of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at GSAPP; and others. Organized by the Buell Center as part of the Conversations on Architecture and Land in the Americas series.
Writing Architectural History: Evidence and Narrative in the Twentieth Century
April 22, 2022
A book launch and discussion organized by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at GSAPP together with the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative. Matthew Jones, the James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization at Columbia University, will provide the response.
