Movement
Paperless Studios (Columbia GSAPP)
Explore in the Atlas →Sequence of design studios at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation under Dean Bernard Tschumi, taught by Greg Lynn, Hani Rashid, Stan Allen and others from the mid-1990s. The studios used animation, CAD and parametric software in place of pencil and paper, training a generation of digital designers and giving rise to 'blob,' 'spline' and 'animate form' architectures.
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Details
- Origin
- Columbia GSAPP, New York, USA
Connections
- associated with Greg Lynn
- associated with Stan Allen
Referenced by
- Stan Allen associated with
- Greg Lynn associated with
- MIT Architecture Machine Group (Arch Mac) preceded
Sources
- Lynn, Greg. Animate Form. Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.
- Greg Lynn. Animate Form. Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Paperless Studios (Columbia GSAPP)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/paperless-studios/. Accessed July 17, 2026.