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G L suggested PROGRAM STRUCTURE M E T R P O L I S B A L

NEW YORK + STUDIO x CITY 01. SUMMER TERM

RUS 1. Design Studio I 2. Global New York Seminar + > 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) > 4. Open elective presentation

02. FALL TERM + { + }

+ RUS thesis proposal research advisor Moscow + > + > presentation + US day 20- studio project studio critic workshop

03. SPRING TERM + { }

studiox - Rio

studiox - Beijing + studiox - Mumbai RUS thesis submission research advisor thesis publication studiox - Johannesburg + > + > + day trip studiox - Amman 7- + US studiox - Moscow studio critic group exhibition studio project studiox - Istanbul presentation

studiox - New York PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

GLOBAL METROPOLIS PROGRAM A class of highly selected students with above average design and theoretical skills is anticipated for each year. All applicants for admission to the Global Metropolis Program must apply for the MSAAD program on-line. Degree: Columbia University Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design Students can contact the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs at GSAPP for information. Admission will be based on an evaluation of applicants’ academic records, professional experience and samples of their work. A joint program of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University (GSAPP) Please follow the instructions and requirements for how to apply to the MSAAD program: and Global Institutes http://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/admissions/how-apply

Program Committee: Applicants are required to submit the following documents in English:

Markus Dochantschi, Director Phu Hoang, Studio Critic 1. On-line application (https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=COL-ARCH) Masha Panteleyeva, Research Advisor 2. Application Fee ($75.00 US)

3. Three letters of recommendation

Supporting Faculty: 4. Personal Statement (explanation of their motivation for engaging in the program, 500 words)

Enrique Walker, Laura Kurgan, David Benjamin, Adrej Nekrasov, Viktor Kuvaldin, Dimitry Gusev, Jack Kelle- 5. Transcripts in English her, Andrew Wixom, Graham Shane, Douglas Gautier, Keith Kaseman, Kate Orff, Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu, 6. Portfolio Thomas Leeser, Nanako Umemoto, Jesse Reiser, Mark Wasiuta 7. TOEFL: the minimum score is 100 (internet-based score)

The Global Metropolis program started in 2011 in partnership with MARKHI. The first year of the program focused on the NY - Moscow axis. The second year expanded the focus to NY - Moscow - Istanbul and the The application deadline is January 1, 2013. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision in early third year will expand the focus to the full Studio-X Network of NY - Moscow - Istanbul - Beijing - Mumbai March. - Rio - Johannesburg. The central idea is to establish the first design leadership program aimed at the global professional.

This program invites students from all over the world to imagine future urban and architectural forms that overcome the constraints of today’s global city. Through their focused design research, the students will be challenged to project design strategies in various sclaes (from urban to building) that deal with the emergent needs of a global urban environment that is growing at a staggering pace. The main focus of the program is G L globalization and its wide-ranging impact on societies, ecologies and cities. The key reference points for the suggestedhttp://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/admissions/how-apply PROGRAM STRUCTURE investigation of the new global landscape is New York, the classic model of a dense hyper-connected global M E T R P O L I S city and cities undergoing dynamic transformation and reconnection to the global world. Students will be asked B A to research case studies of cities such as Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Beijing, Johannesburg, Istanbul, L Amman, Paris and Tokyo, benefiting from the GSAPP Studio-X laboratories global network. NEW YORK + STUDIO x CITY 01. SUMMER TERM

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RUS 1. Design Studio I 2. Global New York Seminar + > 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) > 4. Open elective presentation

02. FALL TERM + { + }

+ RUS thesis proposal research advisor Moscow + > + > presentation + US day 20- studio project studio critic workshop

03. SPRING TERM + { }

studiox - Rio

studiox - New York PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS

This unique program provides a new set of skills that the global architects of the future will share. At the same time it fosters the individual strength of each student through the development of an original design G L thesis. Each student thesis toward a new global urban environment will be manifested through both individual suggested PROGRAM STRUCTURE research initiatives and design studio projects. The unique synthesis of both individual research and design the 7 Global Metropolis Targets M E T R P O L I S studios allows students to address and transform larger contexts by making them more legible through analysis B and expressive architectural forms. By simultaneously thinking at a range of urban scales, the students will A L program infrastructure, design urban systems, neighborhoods and buildings while also addressing regional “In order to position ourselves as global architects, it is imperative and rural questions. Students will re-examine the conventional land-use strategies, city programming, and to analyze, understand, and manipulate the DNA of the Global Metropolis” architectural concepts since many of the existing systems are no longer capable of addressing the radically NEW YORK + STUDIO x CITY different morphologies and typologies that are shaping the contemporary urban context. While a strong 01. SUMMER TERM Markus Dochantschi theoretical thinking is necessary, a strong set of design skills is expected from each student. Director Global Metropolis

More specifically, students will deal with a key set of basic global issues: Students will strengthen their design RUS 1. Design Studio I and theoretical research through a rigorous educational process and will test through their independent thesis 2. Global New York Seminar + > > work how global issues develop on the example of different world sites. The program offers students the 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) 4. Open elective presentation opportunity to travel to several Studio-X cities for extended research trips, a unique method of conducting “live US research” in global cities. Ideally, the student’s independent field of interest must be defined by the end of the first semester and it culminates in an original design research report at the end of the third semester with the Studio-X cities acting as the shared reference points for all students.

02. FALL TERM + { + } Summer Term (New York) 01. IDENTITY Migration - Immigration The summer term is carried out in New York, at Columbia University, during which the students will join the other Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) students arriving at GSAPP to take advantage of the wide range + of intense workshops on the core training in the latest thinking about the condition of the global metropolis RUS 02. SUPPLY Food - Water thesis proposal research advisor and the latest thinking and techniques in visualization, computation and technology. Moscow + > + > Fall Term ( Studio-X City) presentation + US day During the fall term, students will choose a research topic and develop their research into a design proposal 03. SECURITY 20- Crime - Urban Safety studio project studio critic for a site in a different Studio-X city every year. The goal of the studio is the development of an architectural workshop argument supported by design research. A parallel seminar will allow students to develop their research into a thesis, of which a written abstract will be submitted at the end of the term. An intense workshop in the 04. INFRASTRUCTURE Transport Systems - Networks - Digital Cities Studio-X city will be followed by a short trip to a regional location to the city, where students will have the 03. SPRING TERM + { } possibility to discuss their thesis with various critics on the topic of their preference and attend lectures by different experts. The research advisor will assist the students through their 15-day stay in a Studio-X city, studiox - Rio which will be structured around a symposium, several special lectures and an intense design workshop. HEALTH CARE Fit City 05. studiox - Beijing + Spring Term ( New York - Studio-X City) studiox - Mumbai RUS research advisor During the spring term, students will continue their initial theoretical research in a more systematic way and will thesis submission thesis publication ECOLOGY Energystudio x- -Climate Johannesburg begin a design studio with a new critic. In that term, they will be asked to define their design goal and choose 06. + > + > + a site in any of the Studio-X cities, where they will test their ideas during a one to two-week research trip to a day trip studiox - Amman 7- + global city of their choice. At the end of the term they will be expected to present their design project to the US studiox - Moscow studio critic jury and submit their written research thesis. During the course of the semester, students will prepare this final group exhibition 07. DENSITY Formal - Informal studio project written research document based on the two completed design projects. The required research seminar will studiox - Istanbul presentation focus on the students’ individual topics and prepare them in the writing and structuring of this final report. studiox - New York 6 7 G G L L PROGRAM STRUCTURE 01. SUMMER TERM M E T R P O L I S M E T R P O L I S B B A A L L

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1. Design Studio I studio 2. Global New York Seminar lottery > 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) > 4. Open elective presentation Advanced Architectural Studio 01 students participate in the AAD Studio lottery Advanced Architectural Studio 02

Advanced Architectural Studio 03

Advanced Architectural Studio 04

02. FALL TERM + { } Advanced Architectural Studio 05

Advanced Architectural Studio 06

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In summer the students take advantage of the full bandwith of GSAPP by attending Advanced 03. SPRING TERM + { } Architectural Studios with the rest of the AAD students students gain the state-of-the-art studiox - Rio knowledge in computation and visualization by attending required studiox - Beijing visual studies seminars like the rest of the AAD students studiox - Mumbai + research advisor studiox - Johannesburg thesis submission thesis publication

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Amman Lab studio critic At the end of summer term, students: group exhibition studio project > present their studio project Paris Lab presentation studio project studio project presentation Tokyo Lab

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students pick a studio students continue their initial studio topic topic and a program studiox - Rio theoretical research in a studio research more systematic way each year the studio student critic advisor travels to a different studiox - Beijing students begin a design > + Studio-X City studio with a new critic studio program studiox - Mumbai their research advisor students define their design assists them with the goal and choose a site - development of their studiox - Johannesburg preferably one of the + + research thesis Studio-X cities proposal day trip studiox - Moscow + 7- students travel to a Studio-X thesis proposal city for one to two weeks studiox - Istanbul

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students attend EDUCATION several lectures by different experts

the whole workshop process is supervised by their research advisor > > thesis thesis abstract thesis submission thesis publication

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submit an abstract with the submit and publish their research thesis > development of their thesis so far > present their studio project studio project present their studio project studio project organize a group exhibition of their studio project group exhibition studio projects presentation presentation

10 11 I. The Studio Research Sequence To graduate with a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design degree from Columbia University requires a minimum of 45 points in the following curriculum: The Summer studio focuses on a New York Site and is shared with the other incoming Advanced Architectural Design students. In the Fall semester students are given a studio topic and associated program in a Studio -X city, where they will travel and pursue a 15-day intense workshop with lectures by different experts on Summer Term various topics. In the Spring semester students continue their initial research in a more systematic way and begin a design studio with a new critic. They are asked to define their design goal and choose a site in one Credits of the Studio-X cities, where they will eventually travel to test their ideas. The studio sequence will result in Design Studio I 9 architectural, urban or infrastructural scale projects. At the end of that term they are expected to present their design project and submit their design based research. Global Tools (Digital Craft) 3 Global New York seminar 3 II. The History/Theory Sequence Elective (3) The history/theory sequence is organized around a set of classes on the evolution of global cities. The summer 15 (18) course provides the framework for understanding the architecture and urbanism of New York City from a global perspective. The fall seminar explores the history of architecture and urbanism of the Studio-X city, which will be visited by the students. The spring seminar explores a wide range of global cities (including Beijing, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Moscow and Johannesburg in Columbia University’s Studio-X network) and Fall Term other key cities such as Tokyo, London, Hong-Kong, Amman and Mexico City. A range of invited Columbia Credits professors deliver lectures on each of these cities. Design Studio II 9 III. Global Tools Global Tools (Visual Studies Electives) 3 In all three semesters, students in the program will receive state-of-the-art training in the latest techniques that Research Seminar (Thesis Preparation) 3 are a vital part of the skill set of the professional of the future. These tools range from digital design and Elective (3) fabrication, through real estate development, data visualization, and interface design. In the summer semester students will join with the other advanced students arriving at GSAPP to take advantage of the wide range 15 (18) of intense workshops on the core training in the latest thinking and techniques in visualization, computation and technology. In the Fall semester, a special series of workshop classes will be provided. In the spring it is expected that students will take advantage of electives in the most advanced workshops of their choice. Spring Term Credits IV. Electives Design Studio III 9 The integrated program also includes a wide range of elective classes from throughout the School of Architecture Global Cities Seminar 3 and University. Students are free to select classes in the area of their greatest interest and are encouraged to take classes in other departments. Research Seminar (Thesis Writing) 3 Elective (3) V. Supplementary Activities 15 (18) Additional guest lectures, workshops and seminar discussions, city walks exploring the urban fabric, visits to governmental and business offices, real time video links to key places and people, exhibitions, publications etc., offer further investigation on globalization issues, theoretical and critical debates, and on significant contemporary architectural and urban projects.

12 13 G L suggested PROGRAM STRUCTURE M E T R P O L I S B A L

NEW YORK + STUDIO x CITY 01. SUMMER TERM

RUS 1. Design Studio I 2. Global New York Seminar + > 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) > 4. Open elective presentation

02. FALL TERM + { + }

+ RUS thesis proposal research advisor Moscow + > + > presentation + US day 20- studio project studio critic workshop

03. SPRING TERM + { }

studiox - Rio

studiox - New York G L suggested PROGRAM STRUCTURE M E T R P O L I S B A L

NEW YORK + STUDIO x CITY 01. SUMMER TERM

RUS 1. Design Studio I 2. Global New York Seminar + > 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) > 4. Open elective presentation

02. FALL TERM + { + }

+ RUS thesis proposal research advisor Moscow + > + > presentation + US day 20- studio project studio critic workshop

03. SPRING TERM + { }

studiox - Rio

studiox - New York