Adjunct

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Edward Palka

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email: epalka@ccny.cuny.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-palka/

Educational Credentials :

  • Master of Architecture (M.Arch), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation (GSAPP), 2018
  • Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BS Arch), University of Minnesota College of Design (CDes), 2015

Teaching Experience :

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, City College of New York (CCNY), 2026 - Present
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University GSAPP, 2025 - Present
  • Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Offsite Construction, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), 2025 - Present
  • Associate Research Scholar at the Housing Lab, Columbia University GSAPP, 2023-2025

Professional Experience :

  • Co-Founder, CLAE, 2025 - Present
  • Director, AKA Urban, 2025 - Present
  • Project Director, Assembly OSM, 2022-2025
  • Associate, SHoP Architects, 2017-2022

Licenses/Registration :

  • Architect, New York State, 2020 - Present
  • Architect, Pennsylvania, 2019 - Present
  • LEED AP BD+C, 2018 - Present
  • WELL AP, 2020 - Present
  • GRESB AP, 2024 - Present

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

  • From Handshake to Hardware: Questions & Pathways to Provide North American Offsite Construction with Uniform Law & Commerce, NYIT CFoC, 2025
  • NYC Needs a Smarter Way to Control Rents, Vital City, 2025
  • The Unfulfilled Promise of Modular Construction in the United States, The Construction History Society of America, 2025
  • The Hidden Federal Formula Making NYC’s “Affordable Housing” Unaffordable, CityLimits, 2025
  • New York City is Ready for a Mitchell-Lama 2.0, NextCity, 2025
  • Reimagining Collective Ownership, ACSA/AIA Intersection Research Conference: New Housing Paradigms, 2025
  • Confronting Embodied Carbon’s Data Problem, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark Insights, 2024
  • Errors & Emissions, The New York Review of Architecture (#31), 2022
  • Keeping Score, The New York Review of Architecture (#29), 2022
  • Doctors’ Orders, The New York Review of Architecture (#14), 2020
  • Balancing Visual Comfort & Energy Efficiency, 2020 Facade Tectonics World Congress Proceedings, 2020

Professional Memberships :

  • AIA National Standards & Codes Committee, 2026 - Present
  • AIANY Housing Committee, 2024 - Present
  • Society of American Military Engineers, Alternative Construction Methods Working Group, 2025 - Present
  • Academy for Public Scholarship on the Built Environment: Housing Equity, ACSA, 2025 - Present
  • Rising Leader Network, New York Housing Conference, 2025 - Present
  • WELL Homes Advisor, IWBI, 2022 - Present
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