The Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Faculty

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AAP NYC Faculty

Tapping into New York City's high concentration of industry and academic leaders, including members of Cornell AAP's vast network of alumni, AAP NYC boasts a distinguished roster of supportive and inspiring educators.

Our programs engage a breadth of leading practitioners, scholars, and critics to create dynamic learning environments that respond to the city's evolving challenges and opportunities.

Select past and current faculty include Shigeru Ban, Vishaan Chakrabarti, Beatriz Colomina, Cynthia Davidson, Keller Easterling, Peter Eisenman (B.Arch. '54), Dan Kaplan (B.Arch. '84), Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80), Thom Mayne, Joan Ockman, Bradford Perkins, Craig Dykers, Shohei Shigematsu, and the late Anthony Vidler and Lebbeus Woods, among many others who have provided close guidance and professional mentorship to AAP NYC students.

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Guest Lecturers

Fall and Spring Lecture Series

AAP NYC organizes fall and spring lecture series at the center that are free and open to the public. Lectures enrich the curricula, allowing students to connect with notable speakers and expand their inquiry beyond the classroom. Past speakers include: Rosetta S. Elkin (Pratt Institute, Harvard GSD), Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu (Neri & Hu), Malkit Shoshan (FAST), Marina Otero Verzier (Columbia GSAPP), Jing Liu (SO – IL), Dana Getman, Steven Garcia, and Chris Sharples (SHoP); Laura González Fierro (Studio Fierro), Justine Shapiro-Kline (ONE Architecture), Vishaan Chakrabarti (PAU), Reinhold Martin (Columbia GSAPP, Buell Center), Esra Akcan (Cornell AAP), Claire Zimmerman (University of Toronto), María González Pendás (Cornell AAP), Jed Walentas (Two Trees), Joshua Ramus (REX), Jared Della Valle and AJ Pires (Alloy), Florian Idenburg (SO – IL), Sebastian Mendez (Tankhouse), Dan Kaplan (B.Arch. '84, FXCollaborative), Miriam Harris (MTA), and others.

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Annual L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture

AAP NYC also hosts the annual L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture Series, established in 2009 by alumnus Michael Goldsmith's (B.Arch. '72) family to honor his memory. Past speakers include: Chris and William Sharples (SHoP), Gerald Davis (B.Arch. '84), Craig Dykers (Snøhetta), Charles Renfro (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), William Pedersen (KPF), Michael Van Valkenburgh (MVVA), Jonathan Marvel (Marvel Architects), Blake Middleton (B.Arch. '78, M.Arch. '81) and Gary Handel (B.Arch. '78) (Handel Architects), Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80) and Marion Weiss (Weiss/Manfredi), Dan Kaplan (B.Arch. '84) (FXCollaborative), Elizabeth Diller (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Tatiana Bilbao (Tatiana Bilbao Estudio), and Kim Yao (ARO).

Visiting Critics

Expanded Expertise

In addition to the lecture series, the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center regularly hosts distinguished guests to offer insights and productive feedback on student work. Cornell AAP's broad network of architects, scholars, city leaders, policymakers, real estate developers, scientists, engineers, artists, and practitioners across the disciplines adds to the energy of our classrooms, crit spaces, and community and brings perspectives that challenge and broaden students' creativity and ambition.

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