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The Bight Studio
The Bight Studio: Pine Barrens, Power Brokers, Development and Displacement on the World’s Most Contested Coastline is a regional urban design studio in Columbia’s MSAUD program that confronts the intertwined crises of housing affordability, climate change, and displacement across the New York–New Jersey Bight.
Earth Studio: Landscapes of Repair
New Dual Degree in Urban Design and Climate
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and Climate School announce the launch of a new dual degree program in Urban Design and Climate
Mission
The Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL) uses planning and design to help communities and ecosystems adapt to the pressures of urbanization, inequality, and climate change. CRCL works with public, nonprofit, and academic partners to deliver practical and forward-thinking technical assistance through interdisciplinary research, visualization of risk, project design scenarios, and facilitated convenings. CRCL integrates resilience thinking into design education and academic programming, bringing real-world challenges into the classroom to train future design leaders.
Established in 2018 at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), CRCL extends Columbia’s leadership in climate-related work and supports the interdisciplinary collaborations and external partnerships needed to engage the most serious and challenging issues of our time.