2024-05-06T08:02:58-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150159255/gsapp-launches-interdisciplinary-affordable-housing-lab Antonio Pacheco 2019-09-16T14:15:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e9124ae07f58f9660ec1924940e2d07a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/columbiagsapp" target="_blank">Columbia University</a> Gradate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation has launched a new interdisciplinary research initiative called the <a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/news/idc-foundation-professor" target="_blank">Columbia GSAPP Housing Lab</a>. The lab is to be led by GSAPP dean Amale Andraos.&nbsp;</p><p>Architect and GSAPP associate professor Hilary Sample has also been named to the school&rsquo;s first endowed professorship position.&nbsp;GSAPP's new IDC Foundation Professorship of Housing Design is made possible by a $2 million donation from the Institute of Design and Construction Foundation, a group that "provides grants to educational institutions in Greater New York City to advance research and the training of students in fields relating to architectural design, engineering, and building construction," according to the IDC&nbsp;<a href="https://www.idcfoundation.org/" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p>Sample has led the school's housing design curriculum since 2011, including the school&rsquo;s impressive housing studio, and is a co-founder of architecture firm MOS. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150156573/32-architects-and-firms-design-social-housing-prototypes-for-an-experimental-community-in-mexico" target="_blank">MOS recently masterplanned an experimental housing community in Mexico</a> th...</p>