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Urban Design
Open House

MS Architecture and Urban Design Curriculum Presentation

Faculty Lead Thaddeus Pawlowski presents the MS Architecture and Urban Design Curriculum during the Fall 2025 Open House for Prospective Students.

Please see the main Open House page for additional details and all online sessions.

Online Open House Program
Date Event
October 21, 10:00am MSAUD Curriculum Presentation
with Faculty Lead Thaddeus Pawlowski
See recording
October 24, 10:00am Admissions Info Session and Q&A
with the GSAPP Admissions Office team
In-Person Open House Program
October 20 MS Architecture and Urban Design Open House Schedule
9:00am – 10:00am Check-in and Breakfast
The Teatro, Casa Italiana
10:00am – 10:45am MSAUD Guided Tour
Departs from Casa Italiana
10:45am – 11:30am Admissions Q&A Session
Avery 115
11:30am – 12:15pm Campus Tour with Prof. Mark Rakatansky
Departs from Avery Hall Entrance
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch with GSAPP Faculty and Student Representatives
The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
1:30pm – 2:00pm Welcome and School Overview by Dean Andrés Jaque
The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm MSAUD Curriculum Presentation by Faculty Lead Thad Pawlowski
Ware Lounge, Avery 600
3:00pm – 4:00pm Conversations with current MSAUD students
Ware Lounge, Avery 600
4:00pm – 5:30pm Open Studio: Urban Design Studio II
Fayerweather 203 & 206
5:30pm – 6:15pm Life at GSAPP: Presentations by Student Groups and Organizations
Avery 100
6:15pm – 6:30pm Pre-Lecture Reception
Wood Auditorium, Avery 100
6:30 – 8:30pm GSAPP Open House Lecture by LOT-EK: Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano
Wood Auditorium, Avery 100

Additional Resources

Student Work

Visit the online 2025 End of Year Show to see student work from the Urban Design Studios.

You can also browse the digital archive for work associated by studio and instructor.

Career Services at Columbia GSAPP

Career Services at Columbia GSAPP strives to keep students in touch with the professional world beyond Avery Hall and professionals aware of our excellent students. Career Services organizes events throughout the year including career fairs, workshops, alumni networking events, and panel discussions.

Watch an interview with Karen Cover, Assistant Director of Career Services, recorded in March 2021.

Urban Design Lecture Series

This series brings together leading practitioners to speak about today’s most pressing issues in the field of urban design.

Javier Vergara Petrescu

Urban Design Through Prototyping in Latin America: Civic Innovation, Tactics, and Strategies

July 28, 2021

Learn more here

Urban Design Publications

Many of the Urban Design studios produce readers that offer a glimpse into the participants’ design process as well as the resulting research.

Emanuel Admassu

Abstract

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

GSAPP Conversations Podcasts: Urban Design Sessions

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