Part of the GSAPP Ecosystem convenes in Barcelona for the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026. Contributors include Faculty Emanuel Admassu, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Jose Luis de Vicente, Eva Flores, Uriel Fogué, Eva Franch I Gilabert, Dean Andrés Jaque, Lydia Kallipoliti, Mireia Luzárraga, Nzinga Biegueng Mboup, Fuminori Nousaku, Max Núñez, Kate Orff, Boonserm Premthada, Ricardo Prats, Philippe Rahm, Maria Rius Ruiz, Leonid Slonimskiy, Marina Otero Verzier, Mio Tsuneyama, Mark Wigley, and Albena Yaneva, among others.

David Gissen is a historian, designer, and theorist of architecture. He studies how physiological and environmental ideas are embedded in modern and late-modern architecture and design. He is the author of four books, including The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access (University of Minnesota Press, 2023). He taught the inaugural clinic at GSAPP, Disabling Modernities, in Spring 2023.

Gissen will present the lecture “Anti-Eugenic City” for AAD Arguments. He will be introduced by Isabelle Tan, with responses by Lydia Kallipoliti and AAD students.

Sasha Abraham (Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice) specializes in climate adaptation strategies and land use policy and programs. She brings over 20 years of experience as an urban planner committed to improving quality of life for all New Yorkers.

The lecture will be moderated by Daphne Lundi (Urban Ocean Lab).

This week, GSAPP hosts Class of 2026 Tuesday Talks, June 23, and Design Workshop Recruiting & Information Session with Ishita Ghosh ‘21 M.S.AUD and Tarana Hafiz '11 M.S.AUD, June 24.

Stop by Avery 100 to watch World Cup matches scheduled during weekday business hours.

• Faculty Eva Flores and Ricardo Prats (Flores & Prats)‘s exhibition Emotional Heritage at arc en rêve centre d'architecture, is featured in Le Monde. (pictured)

• Director of M.S.CDP Laura Kurgan, Faculty Adam Vosburgh, and Faculty Dan Miller’s project, Two Sides of the Same Coin, will be featured in the upcoming Museum of Modern Art show, Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design.

• Faculty Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño (TAKK)’s exhibition, Entrate, is featured in Design Milk.

• Lucia Rebolino '23 M.S.CDP selected as one of the recipients of the HERVISIONS Research Bursary 2026.

• Faculty Uriel Fogué (elii)’s building, the Infinito Delicias Building, receives the 2026 FAD Award in the Architecture category.

• Faculty Ziad Jamaleddine (L.E.FT Architects) receives an Honorable Mention in The Architect’s Newspaper’s 2026 Best of Practice Awards in the Architect (Small Firm) — Northeast category.

• Faculty James Piacentini '20 MARCH/MSUP is awarded the Narrative Community Mapping Award at the State of the Map 2026 for thirdplaces.nyc.