In January 2019, Professor Marie Nazon of the SEEK Department traveled to Senegal with students to engage in a three-week course in sustainable development and the ecovillage movement. Undergraduates from the Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership, many majoring in International and Black Studies, and some of Senegalese heritage, were joined by two
B Arch class of 2021 student Gabriela Gonjon has recently been named a University Innovation Fellow as part of the Stanford Global Fellowship Program. Upon acceptance to the program she, along with fellow CCNY undergraduate students Skavi Ballinas (Mechanical Engineering, 2019) and Ahsanul Abeer (Political Science, 2020), are going through training to become better equipped
Fifth-year B Arch students Ysabelle Gamoso, Parshwa Desai, and Gerome Ventura were awarded honorable mention in a competition hosted by Archstorming for a stadium in Queens, NY, for the 2026 World Cup. The competition called for a flexible design that will allow the stadium to be transformed into a residential block after the event. The students’
On November 19, the Spitzer School of Architecture hosted a book launch for the publication that accompanies its current gallery exhibition, Unfinished, winner of the 2016 Golden Lion Award at La Biennale di Venezia. The celebration included a gallery talk with former Spitzer Visiting Critic and co-curator of the show Iñaqui Carnicero and was followed by a
Nadia Habib M Arch ’17 was selected for this year’s class of the AIANY Civic Leadership Program. The program was created two years ago to encourage young design professionals committed to community engagement and advocacy in New York City. Habib’s interest in the program stems from her experience as an undergraduate DACA recipient studying psychology at
This week, the first-year M Arch I students visited the International Masonry Institute in Long Island City as part of their Materials and Construction curriculum. The first-semester course, taught by Alan Feigenberg, Mathias Neumann, and Fabian Llonch, introduces students to systems and techniques employed in construction with a focus on materials like timber and masonry.