The departments of Architecture and Art are accepting applications for the Casapoli Residency, a month-long research residency located at Casa Poli in the Coliumo Peninsula, Chile. Two residents, one each from architecture and art, will be selected each year to share the house.
- Residency dates: December 15, 2019–January 15, 2020 (summertime in Chile)
- Application deadline: October 14, 2019
- Awards announced: October 28, 2019
- Eligibility: Open to graduate and Ph.D. students (students in their penultimate semester or year are encouraged to apply) as well as alumni from these departments who have graduated in the past three years.
The residency is located at the award-winning Casa Poli, designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen. Casa Poli is also home to the private nonprofit cultural institution of the same name, Casapoli, founded in 2005, the same year that the project was completed. Poli in its Greek etymology refers to the political role of a public work but also points to an essential category of plurality and multiplicity. This open, diverse, and expandable meaning is one of the principles that guide the varied functions of the house — it is simultaneously a place for retreat and individual introspection in an extreme natural landscape and a place for gatherings, exhibitions, and workshops for research and collective production of cultural projects.
Applications are encouraged that address how the residency might further an existing line of research or, alternatively, provide the context for reflection and initiation of a new trajectory. Proposals should address themes that are central to a project's concept and location, such as the tension between the artificial and the natural; primitive and cultured; and architectural abstraction and extreme nature.
Each recipient of the month-long Casapoli Residency will be provided with a $4,000 stipend to cover roundtrip travel, per diem expenses, and a modest maintenance fee (each occupant will be responsible for paying this $500 maintenance fee directly to the Casapoli Residency). Travel arrangements, visas, and local expenditures are the responsibility of the recipient. No meals or administrative support are provided. The house is equipped with two bedrooms, each with an independent bathroom.
Jury: Sofía von Ellrichshausen (principal, Pezo von Ellrichshausen), Andrea Simitch (Cornell AAP architecture department chair), Stan Taft (Cornell AAP art department interim chair)
Application Requirements
- Curriculum Vitae (two pages)
- Research proposal (one page, max 500 words)
- Digital portfolio (up to 10 pages with previous work)
- Two references (names and contact info only)
