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NEW YORK + STUDIO x CITY GLOBAL METROPOLIS PROGRAM GSAPP COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY APP Colum k GS bia U yor niv w ers ne ity studio x city g n paris ji i moscow e b tokyo amman mumbai istanbul rio de janeiro johannesburg “IF WE DON’T THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE IN AND WITH ALL THE TRANSFORMATIVE REGIONS OF THE WORLD, THEN WE ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE” MARK WIGLEY, DEAN GSAPP 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 US 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 4 5 RUS 1. Design Studio I 2. Global New York Seminar + > 3. Tools for Global Practice (on computation) > 4. Open elective presentation US 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 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.