GSAPP Conversations podcast

GSAPP Conversations

By Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio streamed directly from their servers.

GSAPP Conversations offer a window onto the expanding field of contemporary architectural practice through discussions on the current projects, research, and obsessions of a diverse group of invited guests from emerging and well-established practices. Hosted by Columbia GSAPP’s Dean Amale Andraos, the conversations also feature the School’s influential faculty and alumni, and give students the opportunity to engage architects on issues of concern to the next generation.

65 episodes available. A new episode about every 12 days averaging 21 mins duration .

GSAPP Conversations

Sheila Kennedy and J. Frano Violich in Conversation with Christine Giorgio24:27

1h ago24:27

24:27

Third-year MArch student Christine Giorgio speaks with Sheila Kennedy and J. Frano Violich, of Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA MATx) in advance of their lecture at the school on October 1, 2018. Their projects engage pressing climate change issues, emerging technology, and user agency.“In crisis situations we often get into a defense mode: ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Anna Puigjaner in Conversation with Amale Andraos17:04

1h ago17:04

17:04

Dean Amale Andraos speaks with Anna Puigjaner, co-founder of the Barcelona-based architecture office MAIO. Puigjaner was recently appointed as Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia GSAPP, where she coordinates the Core I Architecture Studios. They discuss the relationship between research and design, the connections between a ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Jan De Vylder in Conversation with Paula Vilaplana20:03

10h ago20:03

20:03

Paula Vilaplana, a second year graduate student in GSAPP's Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture program speaks with Jan De Vylder of architecten de vylder vinck taillieuin advance of his lecture at the school on September 24, 2018. Jan De Vylder co-founded the Belgium-based architecture firm, architecten de vylder vinck ...…

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amid.cero9 in Conversation with Paul Amitai14:02

14d ago14:02

14:02

Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda, co-founders of architecture practice amid.cero9, speak with Paul Amitai, GSAPP’s Co-Director of Events in advance of their lecture on September 17, 2018. Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda are Diploma Unit Masters at the Architectural Association in London, and their collective amid.cero9 ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Felecia Davis in Conversation with Alexander van Odom19:39

21d ago19:39

19:39

Third-year M.Arch student Alexander van Odom speaks with Felecia Davis, Assistant Professor at the Stuckeman Center for Design and Computation in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Penn State and the director of the university’s computational textile lab (SOFTLAB@PSU), in advance of her lecture at the school on September 1 ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Evan Sharp in Conversation with Amale Andraos18:40

28d ago18:40

18:40

Dean Amale Andraos speaks with Evan Sharp, co-founder and chief product officer of Pinterest and Columbia GSAPP alumnus, in advance of his lecture at the school on September 7, 2018.They discuss how architectural thinking has informed Sharp’s practice as a designer and entrepreneur, and delve into the role of architects as image makers with the ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Marco Ferrari in Conversation with Andrés Jaque28:47

1M ago28:47

28:47

Andrés Jaque, Associate Professor and Director of the Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) program at Columbia GSAPP, speaks with architect and designer Marco Ferrari, co-founder of Studio Folder. Ferrari visited the school on June 6, 2018 to present a lecture as part of the AAD program’s Arguments Lecture Series, which examines the frontlines o ...…

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Recent Incubator Members in Conversation with Michelle Young41:56

29d ago41:56

41:56

Michelle Young ('12 MSUP) of Untapped Cities speaks with four recent members of the GSAPP Incubator: Mustafa Faruki ('10 M.Arch), Nile Greenberg ('16 M.Arch), Marcelo López-Dinardi ('13 MSCCCP), and Jieun Yang ('08 M.Arch). They discuss their experiences working at the Incubator over the past year, and the challenges and opportunities facing ar ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Sharon Egretta Sutton in Conversation with Mabel O. Wilson30:28

5M ago30:28

30:28

In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the student protests at Columbia University in May 1968, we are rebroadcasting our conversation from last March with architect and Columbia alumna Sharon Egretta Sutton ('73 M.Arch). Sutton spoke with Columbia GSAPP Associate Professor Mabel O. Wilson ('91 M.Arch) about the publication of her book, When ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Ayala Levin12:50

5M ago12:50

12:50

Ayala Levin speaks in advance of her lecture on April 16, given as part of the Detlef Mertins annual series. Having completed her Ph.D. at GSAPP in 2015, Levin is now an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Art History department. Her research focuses on architectural knowledge exchange, with an emphasis on urban planning projects i ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly in Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos30:11

6M ago30:11

30:11

Jorge Otero-Pailos, Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation program at Columbia GSAPP, speaks with Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, artists who use their performances as a form of inquiry and preservation, in advance of their lecture on March 22, 2018. They discuss the architecture of intimacy and its intersection with queer identity, ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Keller Easterling in Conversation with Jarrett Ley26:47

6M ago26:47

26:47

Jarrett Ley, a dual degree graduate student in the Architecture and Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices program at GSAPP speaks with Keller Easterling on the occasion of her lecture on April 4, 2018. They discuss her work investigating infrastructure space, which Easterling describes as “a set of rules and relationships in which build ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Juergen Mayer H. in conversation with Luiza Furia28:34

6M ago28:34

28:34

Luiza Furia, a first-year M.Arch student speaks with German architect Juergen Mayer H. of J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten, in advance of his lecture at the school on March 26, 2018. They discuss Mayer’s work in Georgia, and how the pace of development in cities such as Berlin can affect the character of a city. Mayer also touches on his ex ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Giovanni Piovene and Ambra Fabi in Conversation with James Brillon14:53

7M ago14:53

14:53

James Brillon, a third-year M.Arch student, speaks with European architects Giovanni Piovene and Ambra Fabi of PioveneFabi in advance of their lecture at the school on March 19, 2018. They discuss how objects play into architecture and how they attempt to use local materials in their projects to see cities in different ways. They also touch on ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Minsuk Cho11:05

6M ago11:05

11:05

Korean architect Minsuk Cho speaks in advance of his keynote lecture taking place during GSAPP Alumni Weekend on June 2, 2018. After graduating from the M. Arch program in 1992, he established Cho Slade Architecture in 1998, with fellow GSAPP alumnus James Slade. In 2003, Cho returned to Korea to open his own firm, Mass Studies, to great succes ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Antonio Cruz in Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos23:23

7M ago23:23

23:23

Jorge Otero-Pailos, Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation program at Columbia GSAPP speaks with Antonio Cruz, co-founder of Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos. Cruz delivered the Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture at the school on on February 19. They discuss Cruz y Ortiz’s renovation of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the firm’s philosophy of ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Camilo Restrepo Ochoa in Conversation with Jarrett Ley23:55

8M ago23:55

23:55

Jarrett Ley, a dual degree student in the Architecture and Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices programs, speaks with Colombian architect Camilo Restrepo Ochoa of AGENdA, on the occasion of his lecture at the school on February 5, 2018. They discuss the nature of architecture in the tropics and its difference from Northern forms, seen ...…

GSAPP Conversations

T+E+A+M in Conversation with James Brillon13:22

8M ago13:22

13:22

James Brillon, a third-year M.Arch student at Columbia GSAPP, speaks with Adam Fure and Meredith Miller of T+E+A+M, on the occasion of their lecture at the school on January 29, 2018. They discuss how the creation and workflow of their collaborative practice, working with two other principles Thom Moran and Ellie Abrons. They also touch on thei ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Rozana Montiel in Conversation with Luiza Furia14:49

8M ago14:49

14:49

Luiza Furia, a first year M.Arch student at Columbia GSAPP, speaks with Mexican architect Rozana Montiel, founder of Rozana Montiel - Estudio de Arquitectura, on the occasion of her lecture on January 22, 2018. They discuss how to engage local communities, the politics of architecture, and the questions young architects should ask when taking o ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Rahul Mehrotra in Conversation with Jarrett Ley20:22

8M ago20:22

20:22

Jarrett Ley, a current student in the Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices Program at Columbia GSAPP, speaks with Indian architect Rahul Mehrotra, founder of RMA Architects, on the occasion of the Kenneth Frampton Endowed Lecture he presented on November 8, 2017. They discuss Mehrotra’s Magic Bus project, an educational campus which us ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Ai Weiwei in Conversation with Amale Andraos and Carol Becker24:30

8M ago24:30

24:30

Amale Andraos, Dean of Columbia GSAPP, and Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia School of the Arts, speak with the renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei. This is the second part of a conversation recorded at a public event co-hosted by the two schools at Columbia University on October 5, 2017.“How can you be creative if you don’t have enough patienc ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Ai Weiwei in Conversation with Amale Andraos and Carol Becker25:20

8M ago25:20

25:20

Amale Andraos, Dean of Columbia GSAPP, and Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia School of the Arts, speak with the renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei. This is the first part of a conversation recorded at a public event co-hosted by the two schools at Columbia University on October 5, 2017."I’m kind of in love with both practices, art and architec ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Making Books Now: Go Hasegawa in Conversation with Kersten Geers19:39

10M ago19:39

19:39

Go Hasegawa speaks with Kersten Geers in this final of six conversations recorded live at the conference “Making Books Now” on September 15, 2017. The conference was co-organized by Columbia GSAPP and the Chicago Architecture Biennial on the occasion of the Biennial’s opening at the Chicago Cultural Center, and was hosted by GSAPP’s Director of ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Making Books Now: Sarah Dunn in Conversation with Keith Krumwiede16:19

10M ago16:19

16:19

Sarah Dunn speaks with Keith Krumwiede in this fifth of six conversations recorded live at the conference “Making Books Now” on September 15, 2017. The conference was co-organized by Columbia GSAPP and the Chicago Architecture Biennial on the occasion of the Biennial’s opening at the Chicago Cultural Center, and was hosted by GSAPP’s Director o ...…

GSAPP Conversations

Making Books Now: David Benjamin in Conversation with Ben Aranda21:15

10M ago21:15

21:15

David Benjamin begins this conversation with Benjamin Aranda, the fourth of six recorded live at the conference “Making Books Now” on September 15, 2017. The conference was co-organized by Columbia GSAPP and the Chicago Architecture Biennial on the occasion of the Biennial’s opening at the Chicago Cultural Center, and was hosted by GSAPP’s Dire ...…

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