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Amanda Thomas Trienens

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Adjunct Assistant Professor

Amanda Thomas Trienens, AIC-PA, APT-RP, is an architecture and sculpture conservator. Amanda has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the M.S. in Historic Preservation Program at Columbia GSAPP since 2019. She teaches Investigative Techniques which explores a variety of methods to understand buildings, their materials and deteriorative mechanisms. She also serves as a thesis advisor and reader. She is the Founder and Principal Conservator of Cultural Heritage Conservation. Amanda has decades of experience working with a variety of buildings and art spanning the 11th century to the modern age, locally and internationally. Her practice focuses on research, testing and treatment implementation for material stabilization of heritage. She has been on award winning teams for several projects, has published studies in leading industry publications and presented papers at trade conferences. She has also been involved in programs working to teach best practices in implementation and advocate for the adherence to conservation principles. Amanda received her master’s degree and an Advanced Conservation Certificate in Architecture Conservation from the University of Pennsylvania. Her award-winning thesis researched cured mortars and their properties for potential use in the Ayyubid Wall in Cairo, Egypt. Her advanced certificate implemented a pilot project on micro-pinning for the stabilization of fragments against loss of the Pennsylvania blue marble at the Second Bank of the United States. It resulted in specifications for future project implementation.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
ARCH6702‑1 Spring 2026
Investigative Techniques
Amanda Thomas Trienens
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU 1 PM - 3:30 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
14164
ARCH6702‑1 Spring 2025
Investigative Techniques
Amanda Thomas Trienens Syllabus
Preservation Technology LAB - 655 SCHERMERHORN
W 1-3:30PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10935
ARCH6702‑1 Spring 2024
Investigative Techniques
Amanda Thomas Trienens
Preservation Technology LAB - 655 SCHERMERHORN
W 1 PM - 3:30 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
11322