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Welcome
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Welcome to Class: Design for Diplomacy
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Explore senior thesis projects in the arts from the Departments of Theatre, Dance, and Architecture.
May 14, 2021
A Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge Competition winner, the architecture and psychology major shares her vision for a New York City landmark.
July 30, 2020
In the Design for Diplomacy course, students research the participatory role design plays in embassies and consulates across the world.
April 7, 2023
Feeling at Home: Hazel Lu’s Journey with Architecture
For Hazel Lu, an architecture major who is also involved in graphic design and videography, creativity helped her to find new modes of expression.
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The Space Where it All Starts
"The metal double doors click open. I step into 116B Lewisohn Hall, down the main aisle, where rows of desks are housed in an entirely white room: white-painted exposed brick walls, white plaster ceilings, and white linoleum floors. Inside, students and a professor critique one student’s architectural model. Huddled together, they squint, furrow their brows, and tilt their heads to the left and to the right. The way they all lean into the discussion draws me in and makes me want to join.
“The desk,” Professor Karen Fairbanks, chair of Barnard and Columbia’s Architecture Department, explains to me in a later interview, “is the beginning of our relationship with our students.” Having taught at Columbia and Barnard for over 21 years, Fairbanks has watched and worked with hundreds of students who, hunched over their desk spaces, toil over models and develop their minds as architects."
Faculty News
Barnard and Columbia Architecture’s New Year Show turns campus inside out
"Technical drawings, sketches, collages, and 3D models currently line the fourth and fifth floors of Barnard’s Diana Center and Louise McCagg Gallery as Barnard and Columbia Architecture transformed the space into a dynamic hotspot of architectural design for its annual New Year Show. Exhibitions of campus turned inside out, indoor-outdoor pigeon habitats, and wearable architecture are only a small sample of the vast repertoire of student work on display."
Dancing with Design
