Incoming dean Lesley Lokko is featured in an Architect’s Newspaper interview of new leaders at U.S. architecture schools. Discussing the Spitzer School in relation to her current university in Johannesburg, she commented, “Both places have a desire to say what has previously remained unsaid: that issues of class, race, gender, and power are central to
B Arch students Danny Medina, Cesar Soto, and Daniel Olayiwola Akinsulire won second place in the ACSA Timber in the City Competition. Their project, Re-Gen Growth, was undertaken in Prof. Suzan Wines’s spring 2019 advanced studio, Timber in the City: Urban Habitat. Re-Gen Growth proposes a mixed-used development with residential apartments, an early childhood education
Hiding in plain sight in New York City are nearly two dozen potential solutions to the city’s affordable housing shortage. Small, irregular vacant lots that are residential-ready yet challenging in scale to develop, these 23 city-owned properties are the focus of the 2019 Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC competition, which has named as a finalist
Bre△the is a botanically based air-purifying system constituting plant-based air-remediation strategies. It is hydroponic, meaning that the plants grow without soil in a medium that is composed of adsorbents and porous glass stones that capture and filter toxins in the air. This system can be used as a model for a self-regenerating solution that could
Victoria Graziano graduated from the B Arch Program in 2018 Why did you choose SSA? SSA’s initial appeal came from its location in New York City, its highly praised accredited B Arch program, and its affordability. Its diverse faculty, staff, and student body offered a broadness of perspective that I found refreshing. Additionally, the small
SSA alum Victoria Graziano (B Arch ’18) garnered a 2019 SARA-NY student merit award for her project From Big Box to Small Squares: Reviving Suburbia. Undertaken in Professor June Williamson’s studio, the project reimagines the site of a failed Sears mall in Hicksville, Long Island. The project proposes to revitalize the suburban fabric through midscale