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Sagi Golan

Sagi Golan

New York, NY, US

 

About 

With 50 percent of the world's population living in cities, urban design is needed more than ever.
I'm Sagi, as an Architect & Urban Designer, I aspire to bring to the world a new and fresh perspective of the way we think about our cities, and help design a better future for the communities we live in.

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Employment 

NYC Department of City Planning Urban Design Division, New York, NY, US, Urban Designer

Jul 2013 - current
 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Instructor

Instructor of a Summer Program for High School students at the School of Continuing Education, Columbia University.

"Sustainable Urbanization: New Designs for The Future City" is designed for students interested in the fields of sustainable development, engineering and urban design. Student will be exposed to emerging trends in urban sustainability in an interdisciplinary workshop environment where they will explore new solutions for sustainable cities in the context of Post-Sandy New York City.

Jun 2013 - Jul 2013
 

Urban Design Lab at The Earth Institute, New York, NY, US, Research Assistant

Working on a publication of the Urban Design Studio, GSAPP, Columbia University.

Jun 2013 - Jul 2013
 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Urban Design Teaching Assistant

Sep 2012 - Jul 2013
 

Ranni Ziss Architects Ltd, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IL, Architect

- Developing concept and Schematic Design and later focusing on a the Façade Design of a 300 unit private resort in Caeseria, Israel
- Advanced Design of a Housing complex near Tel Aviv. Schematic design of a 300 unit Hotel in Ashdod’s Waterfront, Israel
- Urban design of a Housing and Hotel quarter, Jerusalem, Israel

Feb 2011 - Sep 2011
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, Architecture and Urban Design

Jun 2012 - May 2013
 

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IL, BArch, Architecture

Oct 2006 - Jul 2011
 

Awards 

Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Award for best final semester design problem, 1st Place

Awarded for best final semester design problem

2013
 

GSAPP Award for Excellence in the Urban Design Program, 1st Place

2013
 

Tel Aviv Award of Excellence, 1st Place

Magna Cum Laude in the B.Arch Program

2011
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills