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New York / Paris
Applications for the Shape of Two Cities: New York / Paris program are reviewed on a rolling basis, and are now open for submissions for the 2026-27 academic year.
Learn more about the application process.
Overview
The Shape of Two Cities: New York/Paris Program is for undergraduate students and recent graduates from colleges and universities around the world. The program’s goals are to introduce the fields of architecture, planning and preservation; encourage their exploration in the contexts of history, theory and practice; and identify and analyze their interrelationships, especially in regard to the making of cities. The in-depth course of study is suited to students without previous academic experience in design who are interested in architecture, planning or preservation as a career, students in the liberal arts who are interested in approaching urban and historical issues from an architectural and urban planning perspective, and students with previous design experience who would like to develop additional studio skills in preparation for application to graduate school. All classes are conducted in English.
Curriculum
The program offers a two-semester curriculum that immerses participants in the rich physical and intellectual urban environments of New York and Paris. Instruction draws on the resources of Columbia University and its faculty, and the architectural communities of New York and Paris. During the first semester, students live and study in New York and enjoy the resources of Columbia University and GSAPP. The second semester is spent in Paris at Reid Hall, Columbia University’s center for French studies located in the heart of the Montparnasse district.
Students in the program enroll in either the Architecture Option or the Urban Studies Option and share in a core of courses while embarking on their specializations.
First-term core courses:
1. A4000 Design Studio OR A4043 Workshop in Urban Studies
2. A4027 Architecture, Planning and Preservation: New York
3. History Requirement: New York or American History elective
Second-term core courses:
1. A4030 The Development of Paris
2. A4029 Architecture, Planning and Preservation: Paris
3. A4031 History of the European Cities
These courses ground the program in a rigorous review of urban history and urban form, provide the academic structure for the students’ comparative analysis of New York and Paris, and complement the liberal arts curricula of participating colleges.
The Architecture Option combines class and studio work to introduce design, architectural theory, and structural concepts. Through a series of increasingly complex projects that are focused on New York and Paris, design studios emphasize form and space-making and the formulation of public and private spaces as they relate to urban morphology. Representational and analytical drawings and model-making are woven into studio projects as a means of developing and criticizing design concepts.
The Urban Studies Option emphasizes workshop and seminar work to introduce its fields, which are placed in the contexts of urban and architecture history, historic and contemporary approaches to planning and preservation, and analysis of the social and cultural development of New York and Paris. The first term prepares students to embark on a major independent research project in Paris around a theme developed through discussion with the faculty. This option emphasizes the combination of research and field analysis as a means for developing urban planning and design strategies.
| Course | Semester | Title | Student Work | Instructor | Syllabus | Requirements & Sequence | Location & Time | Session & Points | Call No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH4010‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Design Studio
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
TU 1 PM - 4 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14262 | ||
| ARCH4015‑1 | Spring 2026 |
French Seminar - Conversation
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
M 2 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14263 | ||
| ARCH4029‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Architecture, Planning and Preservation : Paris
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
TH 2 PM - 4 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14264 | ||
| ARCH4030‑1 | Spring 2026 |
The Development of Paris
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
W 2 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14265 | ||
| ARCH4031‑1 | Spring 2026 |
History of European Cities
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
W 10 AM - 12 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14266 | ||
| ARCH4044‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Workshop in Urban Studies
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
TU 10 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14267 | ||
| ARCH4052‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Graphic + Conceptual Drawing
|
Danielle Smoller |
NY/P Only |
Reid Hall
10 AM - 12 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14268 | ||
| ARCH6961‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Studio - Clinic: Erasing the Shoreline
|
Nadia Christidi |
Clinic w/ ARCH4106-07 |
700 Avery
TH 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12052 | ||
| ARCH4063‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Spatial Data Narratives
|
Josh Begley |
300 Buell South
W 7 PM - 9 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12379 | |||
| ARCH4124‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Modern Building Technology
|
Theodore Prudon |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12447 | |||
| ARCH4324‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Climate Justice + Digital Reenactments
|
Catherine Griffiths | Syllabus |
115 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points Points
|
12402 | ||
| ARCH4325‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Multi Graphics & Representation
|
Wael Morcos |
505 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12306 | |||
| ARCH4327‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Waste/Works
|
Amelyn Ng |
504 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12307 | |||
| ARCH4334‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Modern American Architecture
|
Jorge Otero-Pailos |
300 Buell South
W 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12459 | |||
| ARCH4407‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Methods in Spatial Research
|
Adam Vosburgh |
300 Buell South
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15512 | |||
| ARCH4427‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Architecture Apropos Art
|
Steven Holl, Dimitra Tsachrelia |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12058 | |||
| ARCH4432‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Nervous Systems
|
Lindy Roy |
200 Buell North
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12060 | |||
| ARCH4507‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Unorthodox Practices 3: Practice as a Project
|
Juan Herreros |
408 Avery
TH 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12064 | |||
| ARCH4618‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Architecture: The Contemporary (Ideas and Concepts from 1968 to the Present)
|
Bernard Tschumi, Deniz Mahir Dagtekin |
412 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12240 | |||
| ARCH4642‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Contested Grounds: The Spatial Politics of Memory
|
Mabel O. Wilson |
200 Buell North
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12242 | |||
| ARCH4715‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Re-Thinking BIM
|
Joseph Brennan |
200 Buell North
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12407 | |||
| ARCH4716‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Graphic Architecture Project I: Design and Typography
|
Yoonjai Choi |
115 Avery
TU 3 PM - 6 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12315 | |||
| ARCH4778‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Metatool
|
Dan Taeyoung |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
W 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12427 | |||
| ARCH4839‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Building Conditions Assessment
|
Kyle Normandin |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
14160 | |||
| ARCH4845‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Generative Design I
|
Danil Nagy |
115 Avery
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12412 | |||
| ARCH4861‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Footprint: Carbon and Design
|
David Benjamin |
409 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12086 | |||
| ARCH4880‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Making Senses
|
James Nanasca |
115 Avery
W 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12087 | |||
| ARCH4891‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Designing Affordability: Housing, Design and Finance
|
Galia Solomonoff |
209 Fayerweather
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
19617 | |||
| ARCH4980‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Virtual Architecture: World Building and Virtual Reality Workshop
|
Nitzan Bartov |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
14411 | |||
| ARCH4990‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Performance
|
Jonathan González |
409 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14404 | |||
| ARCH4995‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Power Tools
|
Jelisa Blumberg |
200 Buell North
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12317 | |||
| ARCH4996‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Physical Computation
|
Daniel Leithinger |
505 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12414 | |||
| ARCH6414‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Digital Heritage Documentation
|
Bilge Kose |
301 Fayerweather, Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14162 | |||
| ARCH6451‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Recombinant Renaissance
|
Mark Rakatansky |
300 Buell North
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12248 | |||
| ARCH6454‑1 | Spring 2026 |
The Arab City
|
Amale Andraos |
408 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12249 | |||
| ARCH6455‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Military Urbanism in the Early Modern Era
|
Victoria Sanger |
408 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12252 | |||
| ARCH6516‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Architecture and Socialism
|
Reinhold Martin |
300 Buell South
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12256 | |||
| ARCH6678‑1 | Spring 2026 |
The Long History of Architectural Technologies
|
Lucia Allais |
300 Buell South
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12263 | |||
| ARCH6702‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Investigative Techniques
|
Amanda Thomas Trienens |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU 1 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14164 | |||
| ARCH6712‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Conservation of Architectural Finishes
|
Mary Jablonski |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14165 | |||
| ARCH6717‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Comparative Hertitage Management
|
Carolina Castellanos |
200 Buell North
TU, TH 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Session B
3 Points
|
14168 | |||
| ARCH6801‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Structural Daring & The Sublime In Pre-Modern Architecture
|
Rory O'Neill |
412 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12268 | |||
| ARCH6815‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Public Space: Rhetorics + Practices
|
David Smiley |
115 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12070 | |||
| ARCH6880‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Towards a Trans-Species Architecture—Rethinking Lina Bo Bardi
|
Mark Wigley |
412 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15564 | |||
| ARCH6892‑1 | Spring 2026 |
1:1 Crafting and Fabrication of Details
|
Zachary Mulitauaopele |
412 Avery
F 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14398 | |||
| ARCH6911‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Metabolic Materialities: Between the Animate and the Inanimate
|
Michael Wang |
408 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12093 | |||
| ARCH6912‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Emerging Optimism: Resources + The Fourth Industrial Revolution
|
Sean Gallagher |
408 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12096 | |||
| ARCH6936‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Old Buildings, New Energy: History and Current Sustainable Practices
|
Francoise Bollack |
203 Fayerweather
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
14185 | |||
| ARCH6950‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Raw Material Libraries and Cataloguing the Irregular
|
Lola Ben-Alon |
409 Avery
W 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14401 | |||
| ARCH6954‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Agroecological Urbanism
|
Ana María Durán Calisto |
504 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14415 | |||
| ARCH6956‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Spatial AI
|
William Martin |
209 Fayerweather
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12445 | |||
| ARCH6970‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Business of Preservation
|
Kate Allen |
203 Fayerweather
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
14195 | |||
| ARCH6972‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Classicisms
|
Reinhold Martin |
408 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14402 | |||
| ARCH6975‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Design, Power, and Imaginaries: Critical Histories and Futures
|
Zarith Pineda |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14416 | |||
| ARCH6978‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Climate and the Existing Built Environment
|
Erica Avrami |
408 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14409 | |||
| ARCH6981‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Industry, Practice & Research – Intersecting Design & Entrepreneurship in Architecture
|
Wendy Fok | Syllabus |
409 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15635 | ||
| PLAN4010‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Planning For Urban Energy Systems
|
Peter Marcotullio |
409 Avery
TH 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14196 | |||
| PLAN4022‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Fundamentals of Urban Digital Design
|
Sybil Wa | Syllabus |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
M 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
17543 | ||
| PLAN4585‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Urban Political Economy
|
Tom Slater |
114 Avery + 203 Fayerweather, 204 Fayerweather, 415 Schermerhorn
W 10 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14197 | |||
| PLAN4587‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Urban Technologies, Innovations & Planning Institutions
|
Anthony Vanky |
114 Avery + 409 Avery, 203, 204 Fayerweather
TU 10 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14199 | |||
| PLAN6065‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Environmental Impact Assessment
|
Graham Trelstad |
200 Buell North
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14210 | |||
| PLAN6067‑1 | Spring 2026 |
On Spatial Exclusion and Planning
|
Hiba Bou Akar |
204 Fayerwaether
TH 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14211 | |||
| PLAN6108‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Land Use Planning
|
Jonathan Martin |
200 Buell North
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14212 | |||
| PLAN6113‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Exploring Urban Data with Machine Learning
|
Jonathan Stiles |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
TH 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14213 | |||
| PLAN6232‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Advanced Spatial Practice
|
Jonathan Stiles |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
W 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14215 | |||
| PLAN6613‑1 | Spring 2026 |
AI and the Future of Cities
|
Kate Wittels, David Gilford |
204 Fayerweather
TU 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14217 | |||
| PLAN6617‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Climate Justice in Our Own Backyard
|
Thad Pawlowski |
204 Fayerweather
TH 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14219 | |||
| PLAN6645‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Prototyping in Urban Tech
|
James Piacentini |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
TU 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14221 | |||
| PLAN6647‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Project Management: From Idea to Execution
|
Charlie Stewart |
412 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
14222 | |||
| PLAN6700‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Real Estate Finance and Development
|
Amelia Guise, Clarence Radin |
203 Fayerweather
TU 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14223 | |||
| PLAN6773‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Climate Adaptation in Cities
|
Adam Freed |
204 Fayerweather
M 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14224 | |||
| PLAN6827‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Gentrification and Displacement: Power, Planning + Political Action
|
Tom Slater |
115 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14225 | |||
| PLAN6852‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Migrant Policy and the City
|
Vojislava Cordes |
204 Fayerweather
M 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14412 | |||
| ARCH4333‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Transscalar Architecture: Construction Details as Cosmopolitical Enactments
|
Andrés Jaque | Syllabus |
ALL GSAPP |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15543 | |
| ARCH6714‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Experimental Preservation
|
Jorge Otero-Pailos |
412 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14167 | |||
| ARCH6931‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Architectures of Display
|
Ibrahim Kombarji |
ALL GSAPP |
300 Buell North
W 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14414 | ||
| ARCH6974‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Spectacular Pedagogies: Audiovisual Architecture and Learning Machines
|
Mark Wasiuta |
300 Buell South
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14403 | |||
| ARCH6977‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Monument, Testimony, Protest
|
Krzysztof Wodiczko |
ALL GSAPP |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU, TH 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Session A
3 Points
|
14410 | ||
| ARCH6979‑1 | Spring 2026 |
Design, Public, Gardens: NYC
|
Hilary Sample |
ALL GSAPP |
409 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15634 |
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