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  • David Gissen

    Professor of Architecture and Urban History

    Email
    dgissen@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    David Gissen

    Profile

    David Gissen is an author, designer and educator based in New York City. His work includes historical research, theoretical and critical writings, and projects from the artifactual to urban scale. 

    David's books include The Architecture of Disability (Minnesota, 2023); Subnature (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009); and Manhattan Atmospheres (Minnesota, 2013). His essays have been published in Artforum, Art in America, Grey Room, Eflux, Domus, Abitare, The Harvard Design Magazine, AA Files, Log, et al. His architectural and urban design work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2016 & 2021), the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Centre for Architecture in New York, among other venues.  His scholarly work has been translated and republished in over a dozen languages in international books and journals. 

    In addition to his role at Parsons, David has held distinguished faculty positions as Dean's Visiting Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning (ongoing); Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architecture at Yale University (2019 – 2020); University Professor (2019-20) at the Institute for Art and Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria; and Visiting Professor of Architecture History in the PhD. program in the History, Theory, & Criticism of Architecture and Art (HTC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.     

    His publications, research and collaborative projects have received several awards and grants, including four Graham Foundation grants, a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, the inaugural SEED and Chalsty Foundation awards, and honors and prizes from City College New York and Johns Hopkins University, among other academic institutions. 


    Degrees Held

    PhD, University College London

    M.Arch. Yale University


    Current Courses

    History of Architecture: Lec
    PLSD 2100, Fall 2024

    The Design of Disability
    ULEC 2242, Fall 2024

    Future Courses

    Alt-Guggenheim
    PGHT 5084, Summer 2025

    Discourses in Design
    PGDS 5005, Spring 2025

    The Design of Disability
    PGHT 5070, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Alt-Guggenheim
    PGHT 5084, Summer 2024

    Intro to Design Studies Lec
    PLDS 2500, Spring 2024

    The Design of Disability
    ULEC 2242, Spring 2024

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