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A Fall "Unlike Any Other"

Curatorial Practices: Two Upcoming Fall 2020 Preston Thomas Lectures, November 5 and 6

This semester's Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lectures combine with an elective seminar in the History of Architecture and Urban Development, taught by Assistant Professor Samia Henni. The series and seminar theme centers around various histories and interpretations of the world's major deserts—both hot and cold. Scholars, curators, artists, and architects are invited to discuss their unique perspective and a current research project in order to offer a multiplicity of readings of the desert. Together, the series aims to stage an intersectional understanding of the desert's spatial possibilities.

Who is Don Greenberg, and Why Is He Pixelated?

Throughout five decades of teaching and research, Greenberg has won many of the most prestigious computer graphics awards—most recently, the ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Distinguished Educator Award—and 15 of his former students and postdocs have won Hollywood Technical Oscars for animation. But that's not the half of it, or even a "byte" of what Greenberg believes about the growth of computing power, its applications, and the skills architecture students will need to keep pace in the future.

Quad Art Installations Make Physical Distancing More Social

Watch the video that documents the collaborative project, "Cornell: Safely Together" featuring AAP students and recent alumni who created the concepts, designs, and installations with support from staff, faculty, and grounds crew. 

Momoyo Kaijima: Architectural Behaviorology, October 30

Register for this lecture with Momoyo Kaijima, cofounder of Atelier Bow-Wow, as she discusses architectural behaviorology, a design method that focuses on creating better accessibility between everyday life and local resources such as nature and human skills. Introduction by Lily Chi.  

The Council for Diversity and Inclusion is Taking Action Towards an Anti-racist Community at AAP