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David Benjamin

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Associate Professor

David Benjamin (‘05 M.Arch) is Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. His work applies biology and computation to an expanded and actionable framework of environmental sustainability. By considering buildings as dynamic systems rather than static objects, he finds opportunities to design levers of decarbonization that scale up.

Recent projects include the Airbus NIS Engine Factory (a low-carbon manufacturing facility), the Princeton University Embodied Computation Lab (a new building for architecture research), and Hy-Fi (a branching tower for the Museum of Modern Art made of a new type of carbon-negative brick). Benjamin received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard and a Master of Architecture from Columbia. He also edited the book “Embodied Energy and Design: Making Architecture Between Metrics and Narratives.”

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
ARCH4002‑1 Spring 2026
Core Architecture Studio II
David Benjamin

M.Arch I Only

500 Avery North
M, W, F 2 PM - 6 PM
Full Semester
9 Points
11537
ARCH4102‑2 Spring 2026
Architecture Studio II
David Benjamin

M.Arch I Only

500 Avery North
M, W, F 2 PM - 6 PM
Full Semester
0 Points
11539
ARCH4861‑1 Spring 2026
Footprint: Carbon and Design
David Benjamin
409 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
12086

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