End of Year Show 2018 - Columbia GSAPP

Exhibitions

Each academic year at Columbia GSAPP concludes with a celebration of the work completed by our students. The End of Year Show showcases the best work from GSAPP’s diverse and international student body spanning degree programs in Architecture; Urban Design and Urban Planning; Historic Preservation; Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices; and Real Estate Development. The expansive display throughout Avery Hall captures both the school’s playful experimentation and disciplinary expertise.

The disciplines and practices of the built environment are at the heart of many of the challenges and opportunities we face today—and not only are they represented at Columbia GSAPP, but together they are pushing the field in new directions. Fueled by the density and diversity of its encounters and perspectives—combining unbridled imagination with disciplinary rigor and incisive critical thinking—the school has built its long legacy of excellence as an urban condenser of ideas. It is committed to exploring the future of architecture, cities, and the environment in a spirit of intellectual generosity.

While at the forefront of architectural education, most of GSAPP’s programs date back to the origins of professional practice in architecture, urbanism, planning, and preservation in the United States. Even from its earliest days, the school has fostered incredible experiments weaving together European artistry and American pragmatism, professional training and liberal education—echoing the best Columbia University has and continues to offer. The ongoing work of the school on display during this annual exhibition is a constant process of discovery and re-invention, as students seek to answer not “what architecture is” but to collectively embody the disagreements about what it could become. The idealism and originality with which our students approach their work and thinking here at Columbia GSAPP is the most important gift they leave us with.

– Dean Amale Andraos, May 2018

The End of Year Show is organized by GSAPP Exhibitions.

Curators: Irene Sunwoo, Director of Exhibitions, and Tiffany Lambert, Assistant Director of Exhibitions

Poster Design: Elana Schlenker and Mark Pernice of Out of Office
The poster artwork is based on a model designed by Quy Le for the Fall 2017 Transitional Geometries course led by Trevor Watson with fabrication assistance provided by the GSAPP Fabrication Shop.

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm and Saturday 12-6pm