In-Person Open House

Monday, 16 October 2023

• 9:00AM – 11:00AM
  Check-in, Breakfast, GSAPP Fair
  Low Library Faculty Room

• 10:00AM – 12:00PM
  Campus and Building Visits
  Tours leave from Low Library

• 10:00AM – 11:00AM
  MSHP Curriculum Overview with Program Director Jorge Otero-Pailos
  Preservation Lab (Schermerhorn Hall Extn. 655)

• 12:00PM – 1:30PM
  Lunch with Faculty and Student Representatives
  East Gallery, Buell Hall

• 1:30PM – 2:00PM
  Welcome and School Overview by Dean Andrés Jaque
  East Gallery, Buell Hall

• 3:00PM – 3:30PM
  MSHP Preservation Technology Lab tour with Mika Tal
  Preservation Lab (Schermerhorn Hall Extn. 655)

• 3:45PM – 4:15PM
  MSHP Tour of Avery Library Special Collections
  Avery Library

• 4:00PM – 5:00PM
  CBAC Publications Presentation
  Fayerweather 209

• 5:00PM – 6:30PM
  Snack Break and Student Q&A
  Avery 100

• 6:30PM – 8:30PM
  Lecture by GSAPP faculty member Marc Tsurumaki
  Wood Auditorium, Avery 113

• 8:30PM – 10:00PM
  Student Social
  Avery 100

Online Open House Sessions

• October 16, 10:00AM
  MSHP Curriculum Presentation
  Please register in advance for zoom meeting link
  This is a live-stream of the in-person session.

• October 20, 2:00PM
  Admissions and Financial Aid Planning
  Please register in advance for zoom meeting link
  We invite you to join GSAPP Admissions where we will cover the Application Process and next steps once the application is submitted. We will be joined by our colleagues from Student Financial Planning (SFP) who will go over ways to finance your education, cost of tuition, and overall Financial Planning

This laboratory, fully renovated facility in 2019, enables cutting-edge research in preservation digital technology, materials science, and aesthetics.

Visit the Laboratory’s page to learn more.

This Fall, M.S.AAD students launched rAADio, a podcast investigation on entanglements of architecture. The first episode features an interview with Professor Jorge Otero-Pailos, Director of the MSHP and PhD in Historic Preservation programs, conducted by Ali El-Sinbawy ‘22 MSAAD. Also in this episode, Pabla Amigo ‘22 MSAAD and Gabriela Junqueira Franco '22 MSAAD try to understand the implications of the dematerialization of bodies with our final resting places. Does the state of being alive only relate to the physical body? Can our bodies metamorphose into other forms?

Follow rAADio on Instagram at @gsapp_raadio.

Visit the online 2023 End of Year Show to see student work from the Historic Preservation studios and 2023 MSHP graduate theses.

You can also browse the digital archive and read summaries of M.S.HP theses here.

Career Services for the Historic Preservation Program encourages students to take advantage of an open-door policy; they’re met on an individual basis to discuss their interests, goals, and career trajectory. Services available include:

• Individualized resume and cover letter support
• 24/7 access to job and internship postings through Engage, GSAPP’s online job/internship portal
• Weekly program newsletter featuring professional opportunities including but not limited to job/internship listings, design and preservation competition opportunities, professional conference information, calls for papers, and scholarship opportunities
• Access to GSAPP’s annual career fairs
• Professional headshots
• Mentorship through Preservation Alumni
• Annual series career programming which includes Alumni Speed Networking, Recent Graduate Career Panel, Portfolio Review Workshop, Salary Negotiation Workshop, Job and Internship Basics presentation, and Faculty Lunch-and-Learn presentations
• Access to online career resources

See the complete archive of ongoing podcasts on the GSAPP Conversations page.

Abstract is the annual print publication of faculty-selected student work from Columbia University GSAPP, produced through the Office of Dean.