Shawn L. Rickenbacker has been named director of the J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, The City College of New York’s research and design center focused on Cities. Rickenbacker’s appointment was announced by City College President Vince Boudreau and Gordon Gebert, Acting Dean, The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. The Bond Center
Three groups of SSA students in the BArch and MArch programs in Professor Suzan Wines’ fall 2017 Advanced Studio are among the four groups of finalists for the 2018 Zahn Social Impact Prize. Professor Wines’ studio explored the ways in which architects can apply their strategic thinking and design skills to long-term solutions for problems
Article and photos by Sara Altohamy, UD class of 2018 Urban sprawl, informal settlements, and contaminated rivers–in addition to the natural beauty, touristic activities, historic preservation, and beautiful beaches on the Caribbean–are among many issues that made it unique to explore and challenge the architecture and urban situation in Costa Rica. In February 2018, City College’s
Professor Marta Gutman presented the talk “Just Space: I.S. 201 and Public School Architecture during the Civil Rights Movement” at Columbia University’s Seminar on the City on Tuesday March 6th.
BArch students Samantha Ong, Juan Vallejo, Emir Abdul-Emir, and Daniella Vega-Ortiz in Prof. Loukia Tsafoulia’s Advanced Design Studio, “Transient Spaces: Building Shelter in Crisis Contexts,” in the spring 2017 semester have been awarded a 2017 RTF Sustainability Award in the urban design category. Their project, titled “Weaving Communities: A Bazaar Weekend,” rethinks the possibilities of a
The fall of 2017 marked the second semester of the CetraRuddy Design Studio in Housing, giving 2nd-year students in the MArch I Program at the SSA the opportunity to explore the possibilities of housing design in Stapleton and Tompkinsville on the north shore of Staten Island, New York. The studio, taught by Professors Fabian Llonch