A Letter from the Editors...

We are excited to present the first physical issue of TKTNK since the disruption of the pandemic in 2020. Both of us joined the Barnard + Columbia Architecture Society as sophomores in the fall of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic; living away from campus and attending classes online, the Society was an important point of connection for us. When the virtual format of studio courses limited our ability to collaborate and form creative relationships with our peers, this community became our substitute.

Over the past three years, the Society has generated meaningful work internally—group activities that ranged from silly to serious, trips to cultural institutions and important works of architecture in New York and beyond, analytical examinations of Columbia’s campus and the built environment with which we interact every day—but the products of these explorations rarely made it outside of our own circle. Thus, during the 2022-2023 academic year, the Executive Board made it our goal to be more accessible, open, and engaged with the broader Barnard+Columbia community. We have opened up many of our events to students outside of the Society and outside of the department. We secured funding to subsidize our museum trips, firm tours, and site visits in order to break down any barriers to participation. And now, we present the April 2023 issue of TKTNK, showcasing the ideas, art, and dreams of our design community.

This issue’s theme is collage, reflecting our desire to represent that community in all of its different permutations and combinations. We chose not to establish rigid boundaries for our content, instead seeking to provide a home for interdisciplinary exploration. We hope that the juxtaposition and layering of different mediums, modes, and methods of design will offer new insights that are only visible when they are brought together into one body of work. We look forward to the future creations of all of the designers and makers featured here, growing out of the kaleidoscopic collective to which they all belong.

Sophie Sebuh & Teresa Lawlor Co-Managing Editors of TKTNK

TKTNK Editors

Eris Gao

Fred Avila Bravo

Maeve Flaherty

Quinn Hughes

Ramona Delyser