Open House - Columbia GSAPP

The Open House for Prospective Students takes place in October, 2024.

The in-person event is held on Monday, October 21, 2024 with campus and building tours; meetings with the Dean, Program Directors, faculty, and students; open courses and design studio reviews; lectures; receptions; and more.
Please register online to attend.

Additional online events including program-specific curriculum presentations are held throughout the week beginning on Tuesday, October 22. Registration links for online sessions will be available soon.

In-Person Open House Program

Monday, 21 October 2024

9:30AM – 11:00AM
Check-in, Breakfast, GSAPP Fair
Low Library Rotunda
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Campus Tours and Building Visits including Avery Library
Tours leave from Low Library
11:30AM – 12:30PM
The Library is Open (House) event featuring faculty publications
Avery Hall 400
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Lunch with Faculty and Student Representatives
East Gallery, Buell Hall
1:00PM – 1:30PM
Welcome and School Overview by Dean Andrés Jaque
East Gallery, Buell Hall
2:00PM – 3:00PM
MArch Curriculum Overview by Program Director Mario Gooden
Wood Auditorium
MSAAD Curriculum Overview by Program Director Lydia Kallipoliti
Avery 114
MSAUD Curriculum Overview by Program Director Kate Orff
Avery 408
MSCCCP Curriculum Overview by Program Co-Director Mark Wasiuta
Avery Library Seminar Room
MSCDP Curriculum Overview by Program Director Laura Kurgan
Avery 409
MSRED Curriculum Overview by Interim Program Director Adam Lubinsky
Fayerweather 209
MSUP Curriculum Overview by Program Director Weiping Wu
Avery 115
3:00PM – 4:00PM
Each curriculum presentation will be followed by a Q&A with current students in the respective program, same room locations as above.
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Life at GSAPP: presentations by student organizations and administrators on resources and activities that shape and enrich the student experience at GSAPP
Avery 100
6:00PM – 6:30PM
Pre-Lecture Reception
Wood Auditorium, Avery 113
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Lecture by GSAPP Professor Kate Orff
Wood Auditorium, Avery 113

Admissions Events

Today at 12pm

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Mon, Sep 23 5pm

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Thu, Oct 10 9am

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Mon, Oct 21 9:30am

Avery Hall

Open House for Prospective Students

Sat, Nov 2 9am

Virtual

GSAPP Admissions Info Session

Virtual Tour

If you are unable to visit in person, please explore the interactive 3-D model of GSAPP’s buildings and facilities on the Virtual Visit page.

Public Programs

Lectures are live-streamed and archived on the GSAPP YouTube Channel
See the Event Calendar for programming throughout the year, and browse past events on the Media Archive.

Tue, Sep 17 1:15pm

Constantine Kontokosta

LiPS (Lectures in Planning Series)

Tue, Sep 24 1:15pm

Derek Hyra

LiPS (Lectures in Planning Series)

Thu, Sep 26 6:30pm

Mariam Issoufou (Mariam Issoufou Architects)

Lecture

Mon, Sep 30 6:10pm

ACTIONING SUMMIT 2: How to speed up the response to urgent crises (in facing the eviction and housing crisis)

Lecture

Tue, Oct 1 1:15pm

Lalitha Kamath

LiPS (Lectures in Planning Series)

Tue, Oct 8 1:15pm

Rosbelinda Cardenas

LiPS (Lectures in Planning Series)

Thu, Oct 10 6:30pm

Marina Tabassum (Marina Tabassum Architects)

Lecture

Tue, Oct 15 1:15pm

Candace Fujikane

LiPS (Lectures in Planning Series)

Discover Campus and Explore Morningside Heights

Columbia GSAPP collaborated with Untapped New York – co-founded by Alumni Board Member Michelle Young (‘12 M.S.UP) – to create a mini-series of podcast episodes designed to explore the architectural and historic highlights of the University and related New York City neighborhoods.

In the first episode, they discuss five spots including Columbia’s Alma Mater sculpture, the Guastavino Dome at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church’s Labyrinth, Ulysses S. Grant’s Tomb, and the meeting of 125th and 129th Streets.

In the second installment, Michelle Young and Justin Rivers explore neighborhoods in Upper Manhattan where many of GSAPP’s students choose to live. They head from Morningside Heights to Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood. Along the way, they point out culinary and cultural highlights of each neighborhood, including NYC’s largest slice at Koronet Pizza in Morningside Heights, Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the Audubon Mural Project in Hamilton Heights, and the many parks and views of Washington Heights. We also hear from Columbia affiliated residents of Harlem and Washington Heights who tell us about why they love their neighborhoods.