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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.

Current Faculty

Rosalie Genevro

Jenna Miller

Carol Willis

Michelle Young

Spring 2026 Courses

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