Location
The conference is located on the Morningside Campus of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. The location on campus is the Altschul Auditorium in the International Affairs Building. The International Affairs building (also known as SIPA) is on the eastern side of Columbia University's Morningside Campus.
The building is at 420 W. 118th Street, on the south side of 118th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Avenue (closer to Amsterdam). Altschul Auditorium is located in the lobby of the building on the first floor, room 417.
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Directions
Columbia's Morningside Heights campus is located at Broadway and 116th Street in Manhattan. Get detailed directions here.
Parking
You may park on the streets around campus or use the local parking garages.
Altschul Auditorium
This 400 seat auditorium/classroom design was to serve as a prototype for a capital program upgrading classrooms throughout the university to provide state of the art multimedia teaching capabilities.
Following an analysis of the teaching requirements of the room, a strategy developed to derive the design from an analysis of a desired acoustical performance. The primary goal was to provide an intimate teaching environment for large classes by minimizing the need for amplified sound. Through the use of a computer generated acoustical model of the space, surface and geometry characteristics were developed resulting in a customized wall panel system with a variable perforation pattern. This pattern "tuned" the space by causing sound to be reflected from the front and absorbed in the rear, evenly distributing the acoustical level throughout the room. CNC technology was utilized for fabricating the panels resulting in a reduced cost and higher performing product.
Project Notes from Marble Fairbanks, architects
