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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 entry in the 2025-26 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 country. 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
Fall 2025 Courses
| Course | Semester | Title | Student Work | Instructor | Syllabus | Requirements & Sequence | Location & Time | Session & Points | Call No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH4000‑1 | Fall 2025 |
NYP Design Workshop
|
Thomas De Monchaux |
NY/P Only |
300 Buell South
M 9 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10827 | ||
| ARCH4027‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Architecture, Planning & Preservation
|
Rosalie Genevro | Syllabus |
NY/P Only |
409 Avery
TH 10 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10828 | |
| ARCH4043‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Workshop in Urban Studies
|
Jenna Miller |
NY/Paris Only |
504 Avery
TH 9 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10829 | ||
| ARCH4341‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Traditional American Architecture
|
Andrew Dolkart |
209 Fayerweather
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10737 | |||
| ARCH4385‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present
|
Yasser Elsheshtawy |
200 Buell North
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
19935 | |||
| ARCH4388‑1 | Fall 2025 |
(Re) Inventing Living: Modern Experiments in Latin American Housing
|
Luis E. Carranza |
114 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10651 | |||
| ARCH4427‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Architecture Apropos Art
|
Steven Holl, Dimitra Tsachrelia |
412 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10665 | |||
| ARCH4441‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Interlaced Existence: Death, Life, Liminality
|
Karla Rothstein |
200 Buell North
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10666 | |||
| ARCH4442‑1 | Fall 2025 |
If Buildings Had DNA
|
Christoph Kumpusch |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
16429 | |||
| ARCH4469‑1 | Fall 2025 |
The History of Architecture Theory
|
Mark Wigley |
114 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10652 | |||
| ARCH4597‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Extreme Design
|
Mark Wigley |
412 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10653 | |||
| ARCH4625‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Tensile/Compression Surfaces in Architecture: Tactile Methods for Architects
|
Robert Marino |
409 Avery
TU 2 PM - 4 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10685 | |||
| ARCH4715‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Re-Thinking BIM
|
Joseph Brennan |
409 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10673 | |||
| ARCH4845‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Generative Design I
|
Danil Nagy |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10681 | |||
| ARCH4866‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Modernism + The Vernacular
|
Mary McLeod |
409 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10654 | |||
| ARCH4874‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Construction Ecologies in the Anthropocene
|
Tommy Schaperkotter |
409 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10699 | |||
| ARCH4892‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Data Visualization for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities
|
Jia Zhang |
409 Avery
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10675 | |||
| ARCH4894‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Spatial UX
|
Violet Whitney |
115 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10676 | |||
| ARCH4987‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Architectural Photography: From the Models to the Built World
|
Michael Vahrenwald |
115 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10670 | |||
| ARCH4988‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Coding for Spatial Practices
|
Celeste Layne |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10677 | |||
| ARCH6510‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Neighborhood Preservation and Zoning
|
Carol Clark |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
10742 | |||
| ARCH6682‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Subject+Object
|
Suchi Reddy |
300 Buell South
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10708 | |||
| ARCH6756‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Make
|
Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10671 | |||
| ARCH6768‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Conservation of Architectural Metals
|
Richard Pieper |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M 10 AM - 1 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
10745 | |||
| ARCH6801‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Structural Daring & The Sublime In Pre-Modern Architecture
|
Rory O'Neill |
412 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10657 | |||
| ARCH6830‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Difference and Design
|
Justin Moore |
All GSAPP |
412 Avery/ Online
TU 4 PM - 6 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10439 | ||
| ARCH6917‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Seed Bombs: Technologies in Ecological Design
|
Emily Bauer |
115 Avery
TU 11 AM - 3 PM
|
Session A
3 Points
|
10710 | |||
| ARCH6921‑1 | Fall 2025 |
AI for Existing Buildings
|
Kivanc Kose |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 6 PM - 8 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
13583 | |||
| ARCH6930‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Women, Gender + Modern Architecture
|
Mary McLeod |
408 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10663 | |||
| ARCH6934‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Traditional Building Technology
|
Tim Michiels |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TH 9 AM - 11:30 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10748 | |||
| ARCH6938‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Rendering Systems
|
Seth Thompson |
300 Buell North
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10678 | |||
| ARCH6939‑1 | Fall 2025 |
GIS for Design Practices
|
Dare Brawley, Mario Giampieri | Syllabus |
408 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10680 | ||
| ARCH6941‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Architectural Acoustical Ecology
|
Ethan Bourdeau |
408 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10705 | |||
| ARCH6942‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Daylight, Metabolism
|
Elliot Glassman |
200 Buell North
TH 7 PM - 9 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10706 | |||
| ARCH6953‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Invis-abilities: Enhancing Accessibility in Design for Mind and Body
|
Zarina Farmer-George |
203 Fayerweather
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
13590 | |||
| ARCH6962‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Environment, Built: Episodes from an Elemental History of Architecture
|
Enrique Ramírez |
408 Avery
W 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14757 | |||
| ARCH6964‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Information Richness: Architecture, Media, Politics
|
Amelyn Ng |
408 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
13851 | |||
| ARCH6967‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Cities of Knowledge: Orientalizing Manhattan
|
Ziad Jamaleddine |
934 Schermerhorn
TU 2:10 PM - 4 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10662 | |||
| ARCH6988‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Fortifications and Other Infrastructures of the British Empire
|
Hannah Kaemmer |
409 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
18407 | |||
| ARCH6814‑1 | Fall 2025 |
New Towns After Smart Cities
|
David Smiley |
All GSAPP |
412 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10475 | ||
| ARCH6840‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Archives of Toxicity
|
Mark Wasiuta |
300 Buell South
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10658 | |||
| ARCH6861‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Environments of Governance
|
Felicity Scott |
300 Buell South
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10659 | |||
| ARCH6927‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Architecture, Technology & the Environment
|
Albena Yaneva |
All GSAPP |
412 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
13599 | ||
| ARCH6929‑1 | Fall 2025 |
The Reimagining of Lower Manhattan Post-Sandy
|
Michael Kimmelman |
All GSAPP |
408 Avery
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10600 | ||
| PLAN6272‑1 | Fall 2025 |
New York Rising: How Real Estate Shapes a City
|
Kate Ascher |
ALL GSAPP |
114 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10438 | ||
| PLCE4444‑1 | Fall 2025 |
The Future City: Transforming Urban Infrastructure
|
Kate Ascher, Andrew Smyth |
All University |
113 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10890 |
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