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In this week’s installment of the Natural Materials mini-series on #GSAPPConversations, faculty Lola Ben-Alon discusses building with natural fibers with researcher and builder, Chris Magwood. Magwood is currently a director at Endeavour Centre- The Sustainable Building School, where he leads several initiatives in training building professionals in working with different natural fibers -- like hemp and plant husks -- in newer, more holistic ways, helping bring buildings to ‘net zero.’ Listen below!

The next #GSAPPConversations episode on natural building materials is here! Faculty Lola Ben-Alon speaks with architect and maker, Elora Hardy (IBUKU Studio) about building naturally with #bamboo. Elora Hardy has garnered international attention for designing and building naturally with bamboo to make spaces that seemingly defy nature.

#GSAPPConversations is back with a four-part mini series on natural building materials! Architect Sigi Koko talks to GSAPP’s newest coordinator of Architectural Technology, Lola Ben Alon, about building naturally with #clay. They discuss the role of earthen materials in practice and as part of the future of architecture and design pedagogy. Listen to the episode below.

GSAPP student Ochuko Okor explains why following the Columbia Community Health Compact is so important to the well-being of our entire community. #KeeptheCompact

No matter where you are at the start of this academic year, keeping the Columbia Community Health Compact is essential to stopping the spread of COVID-19. Do your part to #StayHealthy and join every member of the Columbia community as we work together to #KeeptheCompact. StayHealthy.columbia.edu covid19.columbia.edu

GSAPP is excited to announce its fall 2020 semester lecture series beginning on Monday, September 14 with an event featuring Stephen Burks in conversation with Amale Andraos, followed by lectures from Bryan C. Lee Jr., Yasmeen Lari, GSAPP Assistant Professor Lola Ben-Alon, Black Reconstruction Collective (Emanuel Admassu, Germane Barnes, Sekou Cooke, J. Yolande Daniels, Felecia Davis, GSAPP Associate Professor Mario Gooden, Walter Hood, Olalekan Jeyifous, V. Mitch McEwen, and... Amanda Williams), Al Borde (Pascual Gangotena, David Barragan, Marialuisa Borja, and Esteban Benavides), J. Phillip Thompson, LEFT (GSAPP Assistant Professor Ziad Jamaleddine and Makram El Kadi), Majora Carter, Tatiana Bilbao, and Toshiko Mori. Please visit the School's online calendar to view the full schedule and learn more about the accompanying program of conferences, discussions, and an online film program: www.arch.columbia.edu/events All public programming will take place online and is free and open to the public. Graphic Design by @partyofonestudio. See more

Faculty Hiba Bou Akar and GSAPP Urban Planning students discuss their collectively developed pandemic urbanism reading list. The syllabus shows how space is key to understanding and combating disease and how, historically, public-health crises have impacted disadvantaged communities more severely than others. Watch the full video here: bit.ly/PandemicUrbanismVid Access the readling list here: bit.ly/pandemicurbanism

GSAPP graduate Tola Oniyangi ('20 MARCH & MSUP) is profiled in the Columbia News. "This is a unique end to my graduate school education, and there have been a few bumps. Certain experienceslike trips I would have gone oncannot be replicated. I'm trying to embrace the process and acknowledge that it's okay to not feel great about the situation. At the end of the day, the world is collectively going through this intensity, and we've all adapted in ways that could benefit us positively in the future." - Tola Oniyangi

GSAPP released a new season of Historic Preservation Podcasts! Jorge Otero-Pailos, director of GSAPP’s HP Program, interviews leaders in the fields of preservation and heritage conservation. Don't miss out, 14 new episodes are now available on SoundCloud.

Faculty Nahyun Hwang and David Eugin Moon's firm N H D M Architects was selected for Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard 2020. Congrats!

Faculty Malo Huston publishes "Why COVID-19 Damages Some Communities More Than Others" in the Columbia News. "It has been widely reported that Latinx and blacks may be dying at disproportionate COVID-19 rates because they may be more likely to have underlying conditions or comorbidities compared to other groups... The fact that underlying conditions can increase the risk of death from COVID-19 is not simply attributable to individual behaviors, but represents a failure in our society to develop and implement policy interventions that address the social determinants of health and reduce inequities." - Malo Hutson

Alum Marc Holliday ('90 MSRED) of SL Green Realty Corp launches Food1st, a NYC-based food delivery nonprofit in partnership with Chef Daniel Boulud. "The vision for Food1st is to partner with our tenants -- beginning with the great, Chef Daniel Boulud -- to provide meals to those who need them, safely bring food workers a paycheck and restore vitality and energy to the City we love." - Marc Holliday

Faculty Adam Frampton and Karolina Czeczek of Only If talk about managing a small firm during a pandemic as part of ARCHITECT magazine's podcast series.

Congratulations to Columbia GSAPP's graduating class of 2020! We miss you already. #GSAPPFamily #GSAPP2020

We're proud to invite you to view our 2020 Commencement! Ceremony Share your celebrations by tagging us #GSAPP2020

Faculty and AAD Program Director Andrés Jaque premiers "The Transscalar Architecture of COVID-19" with Ivan Munuera on Dezeen. The short film explores the coronavirus pandemic through a montage of images of spaces of different scales from microscopic images of the virus to maps showing its impact on global travel patterns and pollution levels.