Skylar Bisom-Rapp is the Associate Principal for Strategic Planning at Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) where he works on urban projects ranging from district plans to targeted architectural interventions. His work is informed by the belief that design and development are both inherently synthetic disciplines and must be approached holistically, with an eye towards context in the broadest sense: local culture, politics, history, social justice and the environment.Skylar was formerly a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) where he taught courses with PAU founder Vishaan Chakrabarti including a seminar on theories of city form and an interdisciplinary workshop on urban development. Skylar is an alumnus of GSAPP, where he received dual masters degrees in Architecture and Real Estate Development, with a coursework emphasis on affordable housing finance and policy. Skylar was the inaugural recipient of the Glascock and van Buren Graduate Fellowship at Columbia’s Center for Urban Real Estate (CURE) where he worked under Research Director Jesse Keenan in support of CURE publications, including Director Keenan’s own work on climate change adaptation in the commercial real estate industry. His projects at Columbia have been published in Abstract, the school’s anthology of student work, and were recognized with the CURE Award for Transdisciplinary Work and the William Kinne Traveling Fellowship.Previously, Skylar has worked for Pollen Architecture & Design in Austin, Texas on a 25,000SF creative office project, the firm’s first attempt at development work, at Columbia's Urban Landscape Lab on the book "The Underdome Guide to Energy Reform" and at Estudio Teddy Cruz.