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.
Concrete Break is one of six installations created by first-year architecture student teams in an exploration of the use of technology in design. Sited on the rooftop of the Spitzer School, Concrete Break and its student designers participated in a 3D scanning workshop to examine the response of the scanning software and the active installation
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
Christian Volkmann’s Fall 2017 Advanced Studio, “Urban Glass House,” investigated conditions of transparency and set out to insert small glass pavilions in three very specific environments in New York City: Urban plazas with particular contexts and histories. These were interpreted by students and complemented with spaces of glass to unite material strategies with spatial experience.