Alan Mabin, urban researcher and Professor of Urbanism in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg is interested in the fundamental question of…
During his last workshop for our master program, we sat down with our guest professor Nabeel Hamdi, participatory planning pioneer and professor at Oxford Brookes University, for a quick interview…
Alejandro Haiek downplays his role as architect in defense of a slow yet transformative architecture ultimately powered by the community. Last November, we welcomed Venezuelan architect Alejandro Haiek as visiting…
This year’s Curry Stone’s Vision Award goes to The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) “for their dedicated work in improving the lives of slum-dwellers across India.”…
We interviewed the director of Columbia University GSAPP’s Latin Lab, Clara Irazabal, during her two two-week workshop “Learning from Latin American Cities: Planning and Urbanization” with our students. The Caracas-born…
Next week our program welcomes back Oxford Brookes professor Nabeel Hamdi as a member of our visiting faculty to teach this year’s final workshop before our students begin work on…
Poverty is widely perceived as an ailment of the developing world, but its reach extends to rich countries where the recent recession has only exacerbated the problem. The need for…
Want to make a positive impact on the world through architecture and design? If you’re interested in social impact design and have a degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design,…
This week marks the beginning of our annual socio-spatial workshop in which our students undertake a hands-on, real-world project with a local neighborhood in Barcelona in assessing its social and…
Last week we announced our partnership with RMIT’s Master of Disaster, Design and Development (MoDDD), a new postgraduate degree that enables students to work internationally in the disaster and development…