The Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) announced that University President Lee Bollinger has appointed Andrés Jaque to serve as its next Dean, effective September 1, 2022.

Jaque is currently an Associate Professor at GSAPP and leads the School’s Master of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design. He is also a distinguished architect, curator, and artist.
Jaque’s work is part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago and has been exhibited at institutions around the world. His recognitions include the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts from the City of Vienna, the Silver Lion for Best Research Project at the 14th Venice Biennale, and the Dionisio Hernández Gil Prize. He co-curated Manifesta 12 in Palermo in 2018 and was Chief Curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, Bodies of Water. Professor Jaque received his PhD and MArch from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid.

Statement by GSAPP Columbia University President.

Dear fellow members of the Columbia community:
 
It is with great pleasure that I write to announce my appointment of Andrés Jaque to serve as the next Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), effective September 1, 2022. Andrés leads the School’s Master of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design. He is also a distinguished architect, curator, and artist.

Professor Jaque is the founder of the Office for Political Innovation, an international architectural firm based in New York and Madrid with forward-looking, inclusive, and sustainable projects across different scales and media. Their approach investigates the complex dialogue between life and architecture, embracing bold designs alongside human and more-than-human wants and needs. The work of the Office for Political Innovation and of Andrés is part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago and has been exhibited at institutions around the world. They have received accolades including the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts from the City of Vienna, the SILVER LION for Best Research Project at the 14th Venice Biennale, and the Dionisio Hernández Gil Prize. Andrés co-curated Manifesta 12 in Palermo in 2018 and was Chief Curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, Bodies of Water. He received his PhD and MArch from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid.

Andrés has been a member of the Columbia community since 2013, when he began teaching advanced design studios at Columbia GSAPP, and he was appointed Director of the Advanced Architectural Design Program in 2018. During his time at GSAPP, Andrés has become beloved by his colleagues and demonstrated deep commitment to the success of the institution and its students and alumni. He will steward GSAPP to even greater heights, and I am grateful to him for agreeing to take on this role.

I would like to express my thanks to the search committee for their rigorous and thoughtful work, and to Weiping Wu, who has led the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation on an interim basis since the beginning of this year with great care and skill. Please join me in congratulating Andrés Jaque on this appointment.

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Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLINN) es un estudio de arquitectura internacional, con sede en Nueva York y Madrid, que trabaja en la intersección del diseño, la investigación y las prácticas ambientales críticas. La oficina desarrolla proyectos que transcurren a través de escalas y medios, con el objetivo de integrar la inclusividad en el entorno construido.

Actualmente, la oficina trabaja en proyectos para Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary, CA2M, Real Madrid, Colegio Reggio y Grupo La Musa; y entre sus clientes se incluyen Lafayette Anticipations, Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Fundación Cisneros, Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid, Matadero-Madrid, Obispado de Plasencia, Feria ARCO, London Design Museum, Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Fundació Mies van der Rohe y MAK Vienna.

En 2016, OFFPOLINN recibió el Premio Frederick Kiesler de Arquitectura y Artes de la Ciudad de Viena. El estudio también ha sido galardonado con el LEÓN DE PLATA al Mejor Proyecto de Investigación en la 14.ª Bienal de Venecia y con el Premio Dionisio Hernández Gil.

La obra de OFFPOLINN forma parte de las colecciones del MoMA y del Instituto de Arte de Chicago, entre muchas otras, y ha sido objeto de exposiciones individuales en el MoMA, el MoMA PS1, el MAK de Viena, la Universidad de Princeton, el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo RED CAT Cal Arts de Los Ángeles, la Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine de París y Tabacalera de Madrid. También se ha exhibido en el Instituto de Arte de Chicago, el Zentrum für Kunst und Medien ZKM (Karlsruhe), el Museo de Diseño de Londres, la Whitechapel Gallery (Londres), el Z33 (Hasselt), el Museo Suizo de Arquitectura (Basilea), las trienales de arquitectura de Lisboa y Oslo, y las bienales de arquitectura de Venecia, Chicago, Gwanju, São Paulo, Santiago de Chile y Seúl.

Andrés Jaque, holds a Ph.D. in architecture. He is the founder of the Office for Political Innovation, an international architectural practice, based in New York and Madrid, working at the intersection of design, research, and critical environmental practices.. He is also the Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York.

In 2014 he received the Silver Lion at the 14th Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Biennale di Venezia.

He is the author of award-winning projects such as Plasencia Clergy House (Dionisio Hernández Gil Prize), House in Never Never Land (Mies Van der Rohe European Union Award's finalist), TUPPER HOME (X Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo), or ESCARAVOX (COAM Award 2013). He has also developed architectural performances as well as installations that question political frameworks through architectural practice; including IKEA Disobedients (MoMA Collection, 2011); PHANTOM. Mies as Rendered Society (Mies Barcelona Pavilion, 2012) or Superpowers of Ten (Lisbon Triennale, 2014).

Andrés Jaque is a Professor of Advanced Design at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) and Visiting Professor at Princeton University's School of Architecture.

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Published on: August 19, 2022
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