Cornell in Rome instructor Jeffrey Blanchard, left, takes a moment to point out important aspects of the Roman Forum from atop the Capitoline Hill. Learn more about the Cornell in Rome program.
Bachelor of fine arts students present thesis projects in a final presentation and critique at the end of the spring semester. The B.F.A. curriculum combines the intensive studio culture of the art department with enhanced access to electives in all areas of the university. Learn more about applying to the B.F.A. program.
July 13: A discussion on monuments, memorials, and today's international transitional justice movement.
Graduating students in architecture, art, and planning programs have completed a uniquely challenging final semester at Cornell.
Antoine Picon: Architecture and Materiality in the Digital Age
Trained as an engineer, architect, and historian, Antoine Picon is the G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology at Harvard GSD. He is also chairman of the Foundation Le Corbusier.
Picon is the author of numerous books and articles on the relationship between science and technology, on the one hand; and architecture and technology, on the other hand. Some of his books include French Architects and Engineers in the Age of the Enlightenment (1992), L'Invention de l'Ingénieur Moderne (1992), Les Saint-Simoniens: Raison, Imaginaire et Utopie (2002), and Architecture and the Sciences: Exchanging Metaphors (2003).
His recent publications, which deal with the impact of digital culture on architecture and the city, include: Digital Culture in Architecture: An Introduction for the Design Professions (2010), Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity (2013), and Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence (2015).
