Our Get Lectured series offers a semesterly look at the on-campus public programming offered by different schools of architecture. Today, we continue with a look at the events taking place at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) this Fall.

This year’s theme is organized under the title ‘Affirmations.’ The school shares: “AFFIRMATIONS is an eight-month series of discussions with designers, researchers, planners, preservationists, and activists to affirm and interrogate how to think and redesign the built environment at the intersection of climate, ecological, societal, bodily, and technological crises and defiance. As a project convened to interrogate and affirm how to think and practice the reworlding of societies and ecosystems now, AFFIRMATIONS is intended to align evidence and aspirations.”

September already saw a packed slate of discussions and lecture presentations. Events continue this month with the third AFFIRMATIONS discussion on October 2 at 6:30 pm, followed by a visit from ODA founder Eran Chen on October 3. Gayatri Kawlra will also present on October 3 as part of the Lectures in Planning Series (LiPS), followed by a lecture on adaptive design from geophysicist Klaus Jacob on October 4. The month continues on October 6 with a lecture from architectural historian Beatriz Colomina and the fourth AFFIRMATIONS discussion on Indigenous architecture practices on October 9.

UPenn’s Nikhil Anand will come to campus on October 10 for a LiPS presentation, followed by Adjunct Associate Professor and LTL Architects founding partner Marc Tsurumaki’s Open House lecture on October 16. Jordana Ramalho and Françoise Astorg Bollack will continue the LiPS programming on October 17 and October 19. Daniel O’Brien will follow their appearances on October 24, and the month ends with lectures from SelgasCano’s José Selgas and Lucía Cano on October 30 and Jenna Davis on October 31.

The next month begins with Jeffrey S. Nesbi and Charles Waldheim’s discussion of their book Technical Lands on November 3, followed by a lecture from former GSAPP Visiting Professor Jeanne Gang on November 8. Kenneth Frampton will visit campus on November 9 to take part in a discussion on his new seven-part interview with Daniel Talesnik. The semester concludes with the fifth AFFIRMATIONS discussion about decolonization on November 20 and lectures from Sai Balakrishnan and Lucia Allais on November 14 and November 30, respectively.

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