On-Campus Architecture Graduate Open House for Admitted Students, Spring 2025

A building featuring a white dome under a blue cloudy sky and surounded by trees.

Sibley Hall photo / Ryan Young

Overview

Please join us for our spring 2025 on-campus open house for admitted students. The day will include program overviews, highlights of our areas of expertise, and Q&A sessions with faculty and current graduate students. For those able to join us in person, you will have additional opportunities for tours of our material fabrication shop and facilities, research labs, studio reviews, and informal conversations with our faculty and current graduate students. We hope that you are able to attend this in-depth introduction to graduate studies at Cornell.

Architecture Program Directors

  • Esra Akcan, Michael A. McCarthy Professor of Architectural Theory, Director of Graduate Studies
  • Timur Dogan, Associate Professor, Director of M. Arch. program
  • Jesse LeCavalier, Associate Professor, Director of M.S. AUD program*
  • Val Warke, Associate Professor, Director of M.S. AAD program

*The M.S. AUD program will not hold an on-campus event. A Virtual Open House will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Schedule

Schedule

11:30 a.m. Check-in Milstein Dome
12:00 p.m. Welcome Presentation and Faculty Introductions over Lunch Milstein Dome

M.Arch. + M.S. AAD Program

1:00 p.m. Studio Visits Departing from Milstein Hall Dome
2:30 p.m. Design Research Lab Session
Design research labs with faculty introductions and current students.		 Milstein Dome
3:15 p.m. Material Practices Facilities Tour
Tour the digital fabrication lab, wood shop, metal shop, and work areas.		 The Shop, Rand Hall
3:45 p.m. M.Arch. Q&A Session with Faculty and Students
Introduction by Timur Dogan, associate professor and director of M.Arch. Program.		 140 E. Sibley Hall
3:45 p.m. M.S. AAD Q&A Session with Faculty and Students
Introduction by Val Warke, associate professor and director of the M.S. AAD Program.		 142 E. Sibley Hall

HAUD Ph.D. Program

1:00 p.m. Q&A Session with Faculty and Students
Led by Esra Akcan, professor, director of graduate studies, and Chair of the HAUD Committee with current students.		 140 E. Sibley Hall
3:15 p.m. Material Practices Facilities Tour
Tour the digital fabrication lab, wood shop, metal shop, and work areas.		 The Shop, Rand Hall
4:15 p.m.

Guided Campus Library Tour
Guided campus and library tour led by a Ph.D. student in the HAUD program.

 Rand Hall

Reception

5:00 p.m. Reception
Refreshments with architecture faculty and current graduate students.		 Milstein Dome

Transportation

Getting to Ithaca

By plane: Ithaca and Tompkins County are served by United and Delta Airlines flights to and from major cities throughout the country. The Syracuse International Airport is an hour and a quarter drive to/from Ithaca. The Elmira-Corning Airport is a one-hour to/from Ithaca.

By bus or train: Cornell's Campus to Campus bus services regularly run from New York City to Ithaca. Ithaca is served by the Greyhound, Trailways, and ShortLine bus systems. Visitors can reach the campus from the bus depot by taxi, rideshare, or the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) bus service (many buses make campus stops). The nearest Amtrak connection point is Syracuse.

By car from the New England area: Take the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87/90) west to exit 25A. Interstate 88 southwest to Bainbridge, Route 206 west to Whitney Point, and Route 79 west to Ithaca.

By car from New York City: Take either the Holland or Lincoln tunnel to Interstate 280 West to Interstate 80 West to Interstate 380 North to Interstate 81 North to the Whitney Point exit. Follow Route 79 to Ithaca. Or you can take the George Washington Bridge to Interstate 80 West and follow the directions above.

By car from the west: Take the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) east to exit 42 (Geneva) and Route 96 South to Ithaca, or take the New York State Thruway East to exit 41 (Waterloo) and Route 89 South to Ithaca.

Transportation Contact Information

Airport and Airlines

Local and Long-Distance Bus Services

Car Rental Services

Ithaca is served by several car rental agencies:

  • Airline Limousine (607) 273-3030 or (800) 263-5466
  • Cayuga Taxi (607) 277-7777

Taxi and Limousine Services

Related Links
Architecture Graduate Admissions

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