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2026 Student Awards

School-Wide Awards

GSAPP WRITING PRIZE

This prize is given for an outstanding essay, paper, or thesis on the history or theory of the built environment written for a class during their time at GSAPP.

Ellie Madsen (MSCDP)
Embedding Earth: A Critical Atlas of Planetary Computation

GSAPP VISUALIZATION AWARD IN COMPUTATION

This prize is given for innovative use of computation in architectural or urban research and design. This may include (but is not limited to) simulations/animations, multimedia scripting, interactive environments/interfaces, data-driven visualization, or fabrication.

Chonphuech (Fern) Sripongtanakul (MSAAD)

GSAPP VISUALIZATION AWARD IN REPRESENTATION

This prize is given for innovative use of visual and tactile representation in architectural or urban research and design. This may include (but is not limited to) spatial explorations, drawings, models, diagrams, multimedia projects, and installations used to describe and communicate spatial ideas, design intent, and narrative.

Seungho (Andrew) Yang (MSAAD)

CAMPBELL AWARD

The University Trustees and the Board of the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) established The Campbell Award, presented by the CAA to a graduating student at each School who shows exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit as exemplified by the late Bill Campbell, Chair Emeritus, University Trustee, outstanding alumnus, and CAA co-founder.

‘Eiwa Colburn (MARCH, MSRED)

WILLIAM KINNE FELLOWS TRAVELING PRIZE

These awards are granted on the merit of proposals submitted for travel incorporating the study of architecture, including planning and other specialized aspects of architecture.

Surplus Biomes, or Ecologies of Information

Alexandra Zhao

Self-conscious Vernacular: The British public house as a mode of sociocultural preservation, performance and production of identity

Benjamin Edward Spears
Hayden James St. John

How Public is Public? Ungating the Park.

Bernardo Giovanni Malatesta
Keenan Bellisari

STRATIFIED HOSTINEC: Reassembling structure, sequence, and social spaces of Prague’s Hostinecs as anthropological architectural artifacts

Liberty Alexandria Chapman

Edges of Extraction: Reclaiming Infrastructure, Leisure & Agency Between Malé and Hulhumalé

Neha Sarah Abraham

Logistics of Waste: White Mesa as Terminal Point for Uranium Waste

Shahnaj Sharmin Rimu

Regional Metabolism: Diversifying + Reimagining Local Seaweed Economies through Bio-based Building Applications in Bali, Indonesia

Shannon Shiraz Levkovitz

Malleable Territories: Re-negotiating agencies in the former Michelin rubber plantation in south Vietnam

Vasiliki Zochiou

The Disappearance of Polish Rural Living Typologies (1918-1970)

Zuzanna Bojarska

A Field Guide to the Khazans

Ayesha Maria de Sousa

Paisaje Escuela

Daniela Monroy Zendejas
Samantha Elizabeth Nowak

Housed to Work, Not to Stay

Eng Wei (Nicole) Quah

“Amerikanerhuset” and 19th Century American Architecture in Greenland

Ida Marie Lyth Hansen

Archiving the Archive: Mapping the Catalan Archival Dispersal

Olímpia Solà Inaraja

Salt Work: Imaging Geology and Preservation of Labor in the Hallstatt, Austria Salt Mines

Mika Jones Yassur

After the Bulldozer: Field Documentation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Samarkand and Shahrisabz

Elizabeth Michelle Kostina

Across the Atlantic: Interpretation and Preservation of Working Women’s Homes in London

Heather Joy Oakley

The Architecture of Emptiness: Abandonment, Speculation, and the Spatial Consequences of Demographic Collapse in Southern Italy

Jaehong Chung

Building the Missing Middle: Gentle-Density, Climate-Resilient Housing in Guyana

Sterling Grimes

From the Ashes: Lessons from Jasper’s Post-Wildfire Housing Recovery for the Housing Crisis

Ellie Maclennan

Measuring to Mandating: Lessons from European Cities on Codifying Waterfront Sustainability

Tahreem Akif

Holding Ground: Kichwa Acts of Sovereignty and Spatial Resilience in Plurinational Ecuador

Yerandy Pacheco

PRIZES OPEN TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS

PERCIVAL AND NAOMI GOODMAN FELLOWSHIP

The purpose of the Percival & Naomi Goodman Fellowship is to enable the recipient to carry out a project of social significance related to the interests of Percival Goodman.

Yuhan (Alex) Shi (MSHP)
A Comparative Study of Survival, Erasure, and Community-Led Preservation in New York City and San Francisco

M.ARCH PROGRAM AWARDS

CHARLES McKIM PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN / SAUL KAPLAN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP

This prize recognizes the student whose work throughout the studios has been outstanding and is funded by a bequest from Saul Kaplan (M.Arch ‘57). The prize is for travel and study following graduation.

Levan Kiladze

AIA MEDAL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

This prize is awarded to the student who has maintained the best general standard in all sequences during the professional course over the past 2-3 years in the School.

Liberty Alexandria Chapman

ALPHA RHO CHI MEDAL

This prize is for the student who has shown ability in leadership over the past 2-3 years in the School and who gives promise of professional merit through their attitude and personality.

Didier Ernst Lucceus

THE EVANS SIMPSON ‘88 M.ARCH PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN

The prize is for high quality of work in the design studios during the student’s program of studies at Columbia.

Maya Yildirim

HONOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN

This award is for student engagement, leadership, and high academic attainment within design studios in the M.Arch Program.

Benjamin Edward Spears

HONOR AWARD FOR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

This prize is awarded to the student who most demonstrates an ability to incorporate building science and technologies into the issues of architectural design.

Yunhao Zhong

ALI JAWAD MALIK MEMORIAL HISTORY/THEORY HONOR AWARD

This prize is given in recognition of high quality of work in the History/Theory Sequence.

Levan Kiladze

LUCILLE SMYSER LOWENFISH MEMORIAL PRIZE

This award is for the most outstanding student(s) in the final semester design studios.

Keenan Bellisari
Bernardo Giovanni Malatesta
Before and After Clinic
Architecture Studio VI
Critic: Hilary Sample

‘AVERY 6’ AWARD

This student-nominated prize is awarded to the graduating M.Arch student whose work questions the standards of architecture and promises to change the profession, and whose commitment within studio and the school at large has earned the respect of the student body.

Gelmira Alexandra de So Gourgel

M.S. AAD Program Awards

WILLIAM WARE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN / SAUL KAPLAN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP

This prize is awarded to recognize the student whose work in the studios has been outstanding and is funded by a bequest from Saul Kaplan (M.Arch ‘57). The prize is for travel and study following graduation.

Valeria Ramirez

HONOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

This award is for student engagement, leadership, and high academic attainment within design studios in the AAD Program.

Vasiliki Zochiou
Seungho (Andrew) Yang

HONOR AWARD FOR ARGUMENTS IN DESIGN

The prize is for a student whose work has been outstanding in the formulation of agendas and positions—that is, arguments and the way in which they take part in the advancement of architectural design.

Kaushik Parashar

LUCILLE SMYSER LOWENFISH MEMORIAL PRIZE

This award is for the most outstanding student(s) in the final semester design studios.

Shannon Shiraz Levkovitz
Julio Joaquin Viejo Romero-Mazariegos
Revival Grounds
Architecture Studio VI
Critic: Lydia Kallipoliti

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school.

Hyoju Kim

M.S. AUD Program Awards

GSAPP PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN URBAN DESIGN

This prize recognizes the student whose work in the Urban Design Program has been most outstanding.

Susana Chinchilla

HONOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN URBAN DESIGN

This award recognizes the students who have demonstrated significant leadership, service, and commitment to collaboration in the Urban Design Program.

Miguel Ángel Santiváñez López
Jennie Jiani Zhou

LUCILLE SMYSER LOWENFISH MEMORIAL PRIZE

This award is for the most outstanding project in the final semester design studios.

Haoyang Chang
Ting Chu
Yiting Li
Sunghwan Park

Building Ground: Reframing Sediment as Infrastructure for Flow, Habitat, and Resilience
Urban Design Studio III
Critics: Iñaki Echeverria, Gabriel Vergara, Geeta Mehta, Adriana Chávez, Lidia Ratoi, Akemi Sato

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school.

Daniela Monroy Zendejas

M.S. CCCP PROGRAM AWARDS

CCCP PROGRAM AWARD

This prize is for a significant contribution to the culture of research, practice, and the public sphere within the CCCP Program.

Andrew Hébert

CCCP AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING THESIS

For the thesis that best demonstrates rigorous development of critical, curatorial, and conceptual practices, and the most complementary format or medium in its realization.

Emily Mei-Mei Taw
Lost: A Hell Scroll
Advisor: Mark Wasiuta

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school

Yvonne Mpwo

M.S. CDP PROGRAM AWARDS

CDP PROGRAM AWARD

This prize is for a significant contribution to the culture of research, practice, and the public sphere within the CDP Program.

Varadraj Vijayshankar Borde

HONOR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CAPSTONE IN CDP

For the capstone that best explores computational design practices through rigorous experimentation, development, and execution of a project.

Mika Jones Yassur
Projecting Topographies: Imaging Sand as a Site of Violence and Resistance in Gaza
Advisor: Josh Begley

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school

Ellie Madsen

M.S. HP PROGRAM AWARDS

ONERA PRIZE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION

This is given to a graduating student from Columbia GSAPP’s M.S. Program in Historic Preservation to conduct a project that tests new preservation theories in practice.

Sabina Margaret Busch

HONOR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING THESIS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION

For a master’s thesis that best demonstrates excellence in the field of Historic Preservation.

Ashlyn Doris Pause
Material of Abundance: High-Pressure Decorative Laminate in American Architecture
Advisor: Mary A. Jablonski

Matthew Dugan Goff
Learning from the Arcade: Reimagining Preservation Through Magic Circles of Play
Advisor: Erica Avrami

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school.

Noah Dean Bronowich

M.S. RED Program Awards

DIN FAMILY SCHOLARS PRIZE

This award is for the individual with the highest academic attainment in the M.S. Real Estate Development Program.

Jesse Dean Silva

HANK BELL ENTREPRENEURIAL AWARD

This award is for the student that best embodies Professor Emeritus Hank Bell’s entrepreneurial spirit.

Justin Alexander Fallon

HONOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

This award is for student participation, leadership, and high academic attainment within the Real Estate Development Program.

Enrique Casas
Steph Do
Jules Jacolot
David Ni

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school.

Taylor Lowery

M.S. UP PROGRAM AWARDS

AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD

This prize is for outstanding attainment in the study of Urban Planning.

Jane Emily Hutton

NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION’S AWARD

This award is for academic excellence and leadership in Urban Planning.

Roxy Blocksdorf

CHARLES ABRAMS THESIS AWARD

For a thesis that best exemplifies a commitment to social justice.

Kania Atthaya Ulfa
From Shelters to Social Infrastructure: Everyday Practices of Online Motorcycle Ride-Hailing Drivers (Ojol) in Jakarta
Advisor: Jonathan Stiles

HONOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN URBAN PLANNING

This award is for student engagement, leadership, and high academic attainment within the Urban Planning Program.

Wayne Chen
Pablo Andres Useche

PEER TO PEER AWARD

This student-nominated award is given in recognition of outstanding service to classmates, faculty, and school.

Wayne Chen