Gensler Family AAP NYC Center
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Sep 25
Climate Week NYC: Scaling Global Climate Solutions through Culture and Heritage
Learn how the UNFCCC Plan to Accelerate Solutions is advancing heritage-informed decarbonization.
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Aug 7
{ _____ } agency
Featuring works by Cornell AAP NYC students, this exhibition explores how various forms of agency, mapping, and redistribution of power drive the ongoing evolution and transformation of New York City.
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May 21
Unboxing Chemicals: What’s Really in Your Building Materials?
Join Henning Larsen, Metropolis, and the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on Roosevelt Island for an interactive lecture and workshop exploring healthier material choices in the built environment, featuring the Head of Materials at Henning Larsen Martha Lewis and Associate Professor in Architecture Billie Faircloth.
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Explore Fall ’26 Classes for Non-Majors at AAP
Expand your disciplinary boundaries and enroll in courses that cultivate connection and catalyze actionable research. Options range from fundamentals to deep dives across architecture, art, city and regional planning, real estate, and design technology.
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Annabelle Selldorf: The Courage to Make Noise
This spring’s L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture will feature guest speaker Annabelle Selldorf, founding principal of Selldorf Architects. In advance of the event hosted by the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on April 23 at Cornell Tech’s Verizon Executive Education Center, Selldorf reflected on her work in the city, in the art world, and why the job of an architect is to care.
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May 16
NYCxDESIGN Student Tour: Cornell Tech
Join NYCxDESIGN to learn more about the Department of Design Tech and the array of programs held at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus in New York City.
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Feb 11
Chris Woebken: Interweaving Tomorrows
Attend a lecture with Chris Woebken, a participatory futures researcher, experimental interaction designer, and cofounder of the Extrapolation Factory.
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What’s Ahead: Spring 2026 Highlights
After a winter break to regroup and recharge, faculty, students, and staff return to campus and to the open questions, conversations, and explorations that will drive the work of the semester ahead.
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Feb 9–Mar 9
Open Houses: City Visionaries Summer Program for High School Students
Join us for an open house, where we’ll share information and answer questions about City Visionaries, a new summer program for high school students in New York City.
