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M.S. Historic Preservation

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Overview

The M.S. in Historic Preservation Program curriculum educates students to create new, future-oriented roles for built heritage that promote inclusive and resilient communities. With a particular focus on adapting to climate change and promoting social justice, the curriculum integrates humanist, scientific, and technological approaches necessary for students to shape the future of the profession: including the reuse of buildings, the design of adaptation technologies, planning and policy innovations, social and historical research, materials science and digital computation applied to the 3D scanning, documentation, assessment, monitoring, and care of built heritage. The program frames preservation both as an experimental form of creative expression and as a critical form of collective action guided by philosophical, ethical, and critical thinking, supported by evidence of its benefits to society, and enabled by emerging technologies and policy tools. We teach preservation as a social, material, and environmental process; as a way of thinking and acting through buildings and places of cultural significance to improve the built environment and people’s quality of life. The program’s curriculum and academic activities express an ongoing commitment to anti-racist systemic change as reflected in its anti-racism statement of purpose and the 2021-2022 anti-racism task force summary report.

Founded in 1964 as the first Masters Program in Historic Preservation in the United States, the program embodies a pioneering spirit by continually questioning how the discipline actively responds to the changing social values and climate challenges associated with architectural and cultural heritage, so as to ensure that the historic built environment better serves present and future generations.

The program prepares its graduates in the theoretical and practical foundations of preservation so they can be agents of positive environmental, cultural, and social change. Students are drawn from multi-disciplinary backgrounds such as architecture, art history, history, urban planning, engineering, science, art, urban design, archeology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and jurisprudence. Students bring to bear their respective interests on preservation. By focusing on historical, aesthetic, technological, environmental, social and political questions, the program cultivates deep engagement with the ideas and practices that constitute preservation, and the broad multi-disciplinary skill sets that it draws upon.

The program reflects a global outlook in its diverse faculty, alumni, visiting scholars, advanced researchers, as well as in the locales where students work. It emphasizes real-world engagement with buildings, sites and communities near campus and beyond. Through study and engaged research in New York and New Jersey, as well as countries such as Italy, Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Haiti, Mexico, Norway, and the United Kingdom students apply skills in the real world and co-create knowledge with multiple publics. Learning beyond the lab and classroom is likewise enhanced through faculty-led publications, studio reports, research, public lectures and events such as the annual Fitch Colloquium.

Architectural Preservation Technology and Reuse Design Specialization

Columbia GSAPP is pleased to announce the launch of a new opportunity to receive advanced standing within the MSHP program and focus on architectural preservation technology and reuse design in a one-year period. Designed for students with advanced technical training and a strong interest in technology and design, this intensive program enables a critical and creative engagement with the reuse of existing buildings through the lens of experimental preservation.

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People

Jorge Otero-Pailos, Program Director
Sarahgrace Godwin, Program Manager

Preservation Technology Laboratory

Jorge Otero-Pailos, Director of the MS Historic Preservation Program at Columbia GSAPP introduces the School’s newly renovated laboratory.

Visit the Preservation Technology Laboratory website.

Curriculum

Columbia’s Historic Preservation Program provides a comprehensive foundation in the discipline through place-based studios, field work, laboratory research, lectures, and seminars. The curriculum encourages students to apply theoretical concepts, critical thinking and problem-solving in real-life contexts. With core strengths in design and technology, planning and policy, and history and theory, the curriculum mirrors the disciplines preservationists must engage and collaborate with in the professional world. The course of study provides fundamental knowledge of the spectrum of the discipline, and then affords each student the opportunity to develop an area of deep focus through a one year thesis.

The centerpiece of the curriculum is a three-semester studio sequence, supported by core coursework. These interdisciplinary and cross-cultural learning experiences encompass skill-building in historical, social, and technical research, data collection and visualization, community and stakeholder engagement, formal and material analyses, condition surveys, planning and policy development, interpretive and adaptive design, and the formulation of evidence-based proposals for action. Exploring questions of research and interpretation, cultural identity and values, justice and equity, sustainability and resilience, creative expression and process, these studios position the work in the field within broader societal and environmental contexts, and within broader realms of critical inquiry.

During the summer between the first and second year, the Historic Preservation Program strongly suggests the completion of one or more internships or work experiences as part of a student’s education and career development, and provides support in identifying opportunities in New York and elsewhere.

A capstone of the curriculum is a student thesis. As a critical piece of independent research, the thesis allows students to augment their course and fieldwork to further develop specialized knowledge in an aspect of the preservation enterprise. Students develop their thesis work with the support of faculty to forge new lines of inquiry and practice, as well as to engage with members of the discipline as they launch their careers.

For those students who would like to like to specialize further or expand their studies, GSAPP offers dual degrees, allowing Historic Preservation students to jointly study Architecture (MArch), Urban Planning, or Real Estate Development.

Studio Reports

Browse the carousel to learn more about research completed through historic preservation studios, and visit the archive of digital publications from 2013 until present.

Podcast

The Historic Preservation Podcast features a series of conversations between Jorge Otero-Pailos, director of GSAPP’s Historic Preservation Program, and leaders in the field of historic preservation and heritage conservation. Subscribe to the podcast on SoundCloud.

Fall 2025 Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
ARCH4080‑1 Fall 2025
HP Elective Internship
 Sarahgrace Godwin

HP II
NA
NA
Full Semester
1.5 Points
 10736
ARCH4510‑1 Fall 2025
Studio I - Historic Preservation Studio
 Andrew Dolkart, Kate Reggev
301 Fayerweather, 200 Buell North
TU 2 PM - 6 PM, F 9 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
6 Points
 10740
ARCH6305‑1 Fall 2025
Advanced Studio III - Joint Historic Preservation/Architecture Studio
 Jorge Otero-Pailos, Mark Rakatansky
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Full Semester
6 Points
 10741
ARCH6740‑1 Fall 2025
Historic Preservation Theory & Practice
 Jorge Otero-Pailos
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 3 PM - 6 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10743
ARCH6790‑1 Fall 2025
Thesis Colloquium
 Paul Bentel, Sarah Sher
200 Buell North
W 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10747
ARCH6856‑1 Fall 2025
Master Class: A Fluid Matter - Heritage and its Relationship to Water
 Jonathan Bell Syllabus
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M, TU, TH 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (11/6 & 11/10, 11/11 & 11/17, 11/18 & 11/24)
Session B
1.5 Points
 10753
ARCH6937‑1 Fall 2025
Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation
 André Jauregui, Halley Ramos
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 6 PM - 8 PM
Session A
1.5 Points
 10752
ARCH6767‑1 Fall 2025
Preservation Planning and Policy
 Erica Avrami
505 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10744
ARCH8001‑1 Fall 2025
Social-Spatial Research: Issues + Methods
 Erica Avrami

Open to PhD + Masters
412 Avery
M 1 PM - 3 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 16048
ARCH6784‑1 Fall 2025
Conservation of Brick, Terra Cotta & Stone
 Norman Weiss, John Walsh
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M 10 AM - 1 PM
Session B
1.5 Points
 10746
ARCH6965‑1 Fall 2025
Advanced Studio V – Clinic
 Imani Jacqueline Brown

ALL GSAPP
700 Avery
TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10602
ARCH4341‑1 Fall 2025
Traditional American Architecture
 Andrew Dolkart
209 Fayerweather
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10737
ARCH4385‑1 Fall 2025
Arab Modernism(s): Experiments in Housing, 1945-present
 Yasser Elsheshtawy
200 Buell North
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 19935
ARCH4388‑1 Fall 2025
(Re) Inventing Living: Modern Experiments in Latin American Housing
 Luis E. Carranza
114 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10651
ARCH4427‑1 Fall 2025
Architecture Apropos Art
 Steven Holl, Dimitra Tsachrelia
412 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10665
ARCH4441‑1 Fall 2025
Interlaced Existence: Death, Life, Liminality
 Karla Rothstein
200 Buell North
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10666
ARCH4442‑1 Fall 2025
If Buildings Had DNA
 Christoph Kumpusch
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 16429
ARCH4469‑1 Fall 2025
The History of Architecture Theory
 Mark Wigley
114 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10652
ARCH4597‑1 Fall 2025
Extreme Design
 Mark Wigley
412 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10653
ARCH4625‑1 Fall 2025
Tensile/Compression Surfaces in Architecture: Tactile Methods for Architects
 Robert Marino
409 Avery
TU 2 PM - 4 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10685
ARCH4715‑1 Fall 2025
Re-Thinking BIM
 Joseph Brennan
409 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10673
ARCH4845‑1 Fall 2025
Generative Design I
Danil Nagy
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10681
ARCH4866‑1 Fall 2025
Modernism + The Vernacular
 Mary McLeod
409 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10654
ARCH4874‑1 Fall 2025
Construction Ecologies in the Anthropocene
Tommy Schaperkotter
409 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10699
ARCH4892‑1 Fall 2025
Data Visualization for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities
 Jia Zhang
409 Avery
F 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10675
ARCH4894‑1 Fall 2025
Spatial UX
 Violet Whitney
115 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10676
ARCH4987‑1 Fall 2025
Architectural Photography: From the Models to the Built World
 Michael Vahrenwald
115 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10670
ARCH4988‑1 Fall 2025
Coding for Spatial Practices
 Celeste Layne
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10677
ARCH6510‑1 Fall 2025
Neighborhood Preservation and Zoning
 Carol Clark
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Session B
1.5 Points
 10742
ARCH6682‑1 Fall 2025
Subject+Object
 Suchi Reddy
300 Buell South
F 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10708
ARCH6756‑1 Fall 2025
Make
 Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10671
ARCH6768‑1 Fall 2025
Conservation of Architectural Metals
 Richard Pieper
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M 10 AM - 1 PM
Session A
1.5 Points
 10745
ARCH6801‑1 Fall 2025
Structural Daring & The Sublime In Pre-Modern Architecture
 Rory O'Neill
412 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10657
ARCH6830‑1 Fall 2025
Difference and Design
 Justin Moore

All GSAPP
412 Avery/ Online
TU 4 PM - 6 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10439
ARCH6917‑1 Fall 2025
Seed Bombs: Technologies in Ecological Design
 Emily Bauer
115 Avery
TU 11 AM - 3 PM
Session A
3 Points
 10710
ARCH6921‑1 Fall 2025
AI for Existing Buildings
 Kivanc Kose
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 6 PM - 8 PM
Session B
1.5 Points
 13583
ARCH6930‑1 Fall 2025
Women, Gender + Modern Architecture
 Mary McLeod
408 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10663
ARCH6934‑1 Fall 2025
Traditional Building Technology
 Tim Michiels
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TH 9 AM - 11:30 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10748
ARCH6938‑1 Fall 2025
Rendering Systems
 Seth Thompson
300 Buell North
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10678
ARCH6939‑1 Fall 2025
GIS for Design Practices
 Dare Brawley, Mario Giampieri Syllabus
408 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10680
ARCH6941‑1 Fall 2025
Architectural Acoustical Ecology
 Ethan Bourdeau
408 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10705
ARCH6942‑1 Fall 2025
Daylight, Metabolism
 Elliot Glassman
200 Buell North
TH 7 PM - 9 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10706
ARCH6953‑1 Fall 2025
Invis-abilities: Enhancing Accessibility in Design for Mind and Body
 Zarina Farmer-George
203 Fayerweather
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 13590
ARCH6962‑1 Fall 2025
Environment, Built: Episodes from an Elemental History of Architecture
 Enrique Ramírez
408 Avery
W 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14757
ARCH6964‑1 Fall 2025
Information Richness: Architecture, Media, Politics
 Amelyn Ng
408 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 13851
ARCH6967‑1 Fall 2025
Cities of Knowledge: Orientalizing Manhattan
 Ziad Jamaleddine
934 Schermerhorn
TU 2:10 PM - 4 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10662
ARCH6988‑1 Fall 2025
Fortifications and Other Infrastructures of the British Empire
 Hannah Kaemmer
409 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 18407
ARCH6814‑1 Fall 2025
New Towns After Smart Cities
 David Smiley

All GSAPP
412 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10475
ARCH6840‑1 Fall 2025
Archives of Toxicity
 Mark Wasiuta
300 Buell South
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10658
ARCH6861‑1 Fall 2025
Environments of Governance
 Felicity Scott
300 Buell South
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10659
ARCH6927‑1 Fall 2025
Architecture, Technology & the Environment
 Albena Yaneva

All GSAPP
412 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 13599
ARCH6929‑1 Fall 2025
The Reimagining of Lower Manhattan Post-Sandy
 Michael Kimmelman

All GSAPP
408 Avery
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10600
PLAN6272‑1 Fall 2025
New York Rising: How Real Estate Shapes a City
 Kate Ascher

ALL GSAPP
114 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 10438
PLCE4444‑1 Fall 2025
The Future City: Transforming Urban Infrastructure
 Kate Ascher, Andrew Smyth

All University
113 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
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Oct 8
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Faculty Andrew Dolkart speaks with NYT architecture critic Michel Kimmelman about "Bigorgaphy of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street" at the Tenement Museum
Oct 1
Faculty Jorge Otero-Pailos moderates "Transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931)" at the Italian Academy
Sep 18
Faculty Lola Ben-Alon presents at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial, introducing “Speak to the Earth” and leading the panel “Femme Lineages of Slowness.”
Apr 24
Faculty Erica Avrami joins Books on Planning podcast to chat about her new book, “Second Order Preservation”
Apr 21
Lizzie Olson '08 MSHP, Senior Project Manager for the Frick Collection Restoration shares details of undertaking on the Collection's YouTube
Mar 27
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Faculty Jorge Otero-Pailos joins panelists for “The Larger Landscape Conversation” series at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the topic of preservation
Mar 17
Calendar montage beyond architecture
Faculty Jorge Otero-Pailos moderates panel at the celebration of the NY Landmark's Law 60th anniversary at the Brooklyn Public Library
Mar 12
Aia luncheon
SHoP Architects founded by Gregg Pasquarelli ’94 M.Arch MSHP, William Sharples '94 M.Arch, Christopher Sharples '90 M.Arch, Coren Sharples '94 M.Arch, Kimberly Holden '94 M.Arch will receive the Medal of Honor at the AIANY Honors and Awards Luncheon
Feb 23
Faculty Paul Bentel moderates, "Preservation as a Creative Act," a panel at The Church in Sag Harbor
Feb 17
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Faculty Erica Avrami interviewed in Dwell Magazine on the occasion of the release of her new book, "Second-Order Preservation"
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Fitch Colloquium

2022 Fitch Colloquium: Preservation in China’s Future

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Woodlawn Papers

Studio I is the central class for first semester students in the Historic Preservation Master’s Program at the Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Each fall since 2009, with the exception of 2016, one of the first exercises in this studio class has focused on Woodlawn Cemetery. Each student chooses a mausoleum (in 2017 some students worked on mausoleums and others on monuments). They complete measured drawings of their mausoleum, examine materials and conditions, and undertake biographical research on those interred in the mausoleum. The final project is a presentation and paper analyzing the information that they have compiled.

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