Announcing publication of Abstract 2016 & spring 2017 semester public programs

At the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Columbia GSAPP), public programs play an integral role in fulfilling the school’s responsibility to host a diverse and lively community where unwavering intellectual generosity and the desire to communicate and exchange are at the foundation of how we learn and grow together.

Abstract 2016 
Announcing the publication of Abstract 2016, the yearly publication of work and research from Columbia GSAPP. Produced through the Office of the Dean Amale Andraos, the archive of student work contains documentation of exceptional projects, selected by faculty at the conclusion of each semester. The 2016 edition includes the applied research of the school’s laboratories and projects from design studios taught by Kunlé Adeyemi, Benjamin Aranda, Gro Bonesmo, Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang, Frida Escobedo, Jeanne Gang, Juan Herreros, Andrés Jaque, Laura Kurgan, Jing Liu, LOT-EK, Kate Orff, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Thomas Phifer, Hilary Sample, Bernard Tschumi, and many others. Abstract 2016 was designed by Common Name and includes portfolios by photographers Naho Kubota and Ofer Wolberger.

Abstract 2016 can be purchased through Actar D.

The School’s spring 2017 semester programs include the following highlights; please see the calendar of events on our website for the full schedule of exhibitions, lectures, symposia, discussions, book launches, and special events.

The First 100 Days
Day 1, January 20, 1pm
Day 27, February 15, 1pm
Day 64, March 24, 1pm
Columbia GSAPP faculty and students gather to discuss, organize, and plan for changes to come during the Trump administration.

Christian Kerez
January 23, 6:30pm
Lecture with response by Amale Andraos

Stagecraft: Models and Photos
February 9–March 10, 2017
Exhibition at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery

Architecture + Technology: Pedagogy in an Age of Disruption
February 10, 9:30am
Symposium with David Benjamin, Lise Anne Couture, Anna Dyson, Jens Dyvik, Billie Faircloth, Nick Gelpi, Ben Gilmartin, Kasper Guldager Jensen, Michael Ulrich Hensel, Mimi Hoang, Vincent Loubière, Scott Marble, Forrest Meggers, Achim Menges, Kiel Moe, Silvia Prandelli, Ingeborg Rocker, Jenny Sabin, Hilary Sample, Craig Schwitter, Kevin Slavin, and Meejin Yoon

Francine Houben, Mecanoo
March 6, 6:30pm
The Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture with response by Jorge Otero-Pailos and Iris Weinshall

Liam Young: New Romance
March 30–May 13, 2017
Exhibition at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Buell Hall

Cities and Climate Action
April 7, 1pm
A conversation among Adam Freed, Kate Orff, and Weiping Wu
Moderated by Michael Kimmelman