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Anthony Vanky

Anthony Vanky, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and co-director for workforce development at the NSF Center for Smart Streetscapes. An architect (Tulane), urban designer (MIT, S.M.), and urban planner (MIT, Ph.D.) by training, he studies how digital data and embodied computation can be used to understand and shape better cities — work grounded in residents’ individual and lived experiences and the impacts of technology on their lives.

His research partnerships span city governments large and small, from New York and Singapore to Cape Town and rural Fort McMurray, Canada, alongside Fortune 500 companies including Coca-Cola, Liberty Mutual, and the Volkswagen Group.

Vanky has helped build new institutional models for urban technology: he played a key role in developing degree programs at the University of Michigan, helped establish MIT designX — a first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship center for design, cities, and the built environment, where he served as its first academic programs manager — and was previously research lead and partner/outreach strategist at the MIT Senseable City Lab.

His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Dutch Design Week, Detroit Month of Design, New Orleans DesCours, the Gwangju Design Biennial, and the National Building Museum.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
PLAN6102‑1 Fall 2026
Urban Sensing and Data
Anthony Vanky

ALL GSAPP

412 Avery
TU 3 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
10726