Open House - Columbia GSAPP

The in-person Open House for Prospective Students was held on Monday, October 21, 2024 with campus and building tours; meetings with the Dean, Program Directors, faculty, and students; open courses and design studio reviews; lectures; receptions; and more.

Virtual Info Sessions with program directors took place throughout the following week. Please see recordings of online curriculum presentations for the academic programs below, and register online for any remaining Info Sessions or to join an in-person tour.

Master of Architecture

Fall 2024 Open House Curriculum Presentation by Program Director Mario Gooden and architecture faculty.

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Master of Architecture

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MS Advanced Architectural Design

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MS Architecture and Urban Design

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MS Computational Design Practices

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MS Historic Preservation

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MS Real Estate Development

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MS Urban Planning

Mon, Nov 25 9am

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Tue, Dec 3 7pm

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Mon, Dec 16 5pm

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Virtual Tour

If you are unable to visit in person, please explore the interactive 3-D model of GSAPP’s buildings and facilities on the Virtual Visit page.

2024 In-Person Open House Program

Monday, 21 October 2024

9:30AM – 11:00AM
Check-in, Breakfast, Admissions Q&A
Low Library Rotunda
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Campus Tours and Building Visits including Avery Library
Tours leave from Low Library
12:00PM – 12:30PM
Presentation of the student-designed “Cloud” Pavilion
Avery Plaza
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Lunch with Dean, Faculty, and Student Representatives
East Gallery, Buell Hall
1:15PM – 1:45PM
Welcome and School Overview by Dean Andrés Jaque
East Gallery, Buell Hall
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Curriculum Overviews with Program Directors
M.Arch, with Program Director Mario Gooden
Wood Auditorium
MSAAD, with Program Director Lydia Kallipoliti
Avery 114
MSAUD, with Program Director Kate Orff
Ware Lounge
MSCCCP, with Program Co-Director Mark Wasiuta
Avery Library Seminar Room
MSCDP, with Program Director Laura Kurgan
Avery 409
MSHP, with Program Director Jorge Otero-Pailos
Preservation Technology Laboratory (Schermerhorn Extension 655)
MSRED, with Interim Program Director Adam Lubinsky
Fayerweather 209
MSUP, with Program Director Weiping Wu
Avery 115
3:00PM – 4:00PM
Conversations with Current Students
Each curriculum presentation is followed by a Q&A with current students in the respective program, same room locations as above.
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Life at GSAPP
Presentations by members of student organizations about the activities that shape and enrich the student experience at GSAPP
Avery “Cloud” Pavilion
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Lecture by GSAPP Professor Kate Orff
Wood Auditorium, Avery 113
8:30PM – 10:00PM
Student and Faculty Reception
Avery 100

Public Programs

Lectures are live-streamed and archived on the GSAPP YouTube Channel
See the Event Calendar for programming throughout the year, and browse past events on the Media Archive.

Thu, Dec 5 12pm

Abundance Talks: Flammable Building

Lecture

Mon, Jan 27, 2025 6:30pm

ACTIONING SUMMIT 5: How to think through/as more-than-human intelligence

Lecture

New York

Tue, Jan 28, 2025 1:05pm

Justin Steil

Lecture

Tue, Feb 4, 2025 1:15pm

Kian Goh

Lecture

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Mon, Feb 17, 2025 6:30pm

ACTIONING SUMMIT 6: How to bring science, spiritualism and politics together (acknowledging indigenous knowledge)

Lecture

New York

Tue, Feb 25, 2025 1:15pm

Desiree Fields

Lecture

Mon, Mar 10, 2025 1:05pm

Jennifer Tucker

Lecture

Tue, Mar 25, 2025 1:15pm

Kevin Lujan Lee + Josh Campbell

Lecture

Discover Campus and Explore Morningside Heights

Columbia GSAPP collaborated with Untapped New York – co-founded by Alumni Board Member Michelle Young (‘12 M.S.UP) – to create a mini-series of podcast episodes designed to explore the architectural and historic highlights of the University and related New York City neighborhoods.

In the first episode, they discuss five spots including Columbia’s Alma Mater sculpture, the Guastavino Dome at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church’s Labyrinth, Ulysses S. Grant’s Tomb, and the meeting of 125th and 129th Streets.

In the second installment, Michelle Young and Justin Rivers explore neighborhoods in Upper Manhattan where many of GSAPP’s students choose to live. They head from Morningside Heights to Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood. Along the way, they point out culinary and cultural highlights of each neighborhood, including NYC’s largest slice at Koronet Pizza in Morningside Heights, Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the Audubon Mural Project in Hamilton Heights, and the many parks and views of Washington Heights. We also hear from Columbia affiliated residents of Harlem and Washington Heights who tell us about why they love their neighborhoods.