Events

9/14–11/11 AAP Undergraduate Admissions Events, Fall 2024

Join the Cornell AAP Admissions team for engaging opportunities to connect in person and virtually at our admissions events.

9/20–1/19 Making New Worlds Instead of Forgetting About It

Attend an exhibition in Warsaw, Poland, presenting the core of the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art video art collection, including work by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Art Joanna Malinowska.

9/28–1/5 Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design

Visit an exhibition in Los Angeles that examines the role of nature as a starting point for material experimentation featuring work by HANNAH, the firm led by Assistant Professors of Architecture Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic,

10/7–10/17 Alp Demiroglu and Veronika Varga: hydro-POWER

Visit an exhibition that traces the colonial and de-colonial power structures surrounding the development of hydroelectric dams in Central Asia.

10/7–10/18 M.F.A. Students: Into the Deep End

See an exhibition that explores the process of digging beneath the surface to excavate increasingly tangled answers.

10/16 Information Session for Dual Degree Programs and Minors in CRP Graduate Studies

Join us for a discussion of two exciting dual degree programs in City and Regional Planning, offering essential knowledge and skills to enhance your professional opportunities.

10/16 Jose Castillo: a|911 — Concepts of a Plan

Attend a lecture during which AAP's new Architecture Chair will speak about his current disciplinary interests as they relate to his practice, pedagogy, and broader issues.

10/18 Kristina Hill: Hybrid Strategies for Adapting to Sea Level Rise in Cities

Attend a lecture that presents international history and strategies for adaptation that take into account the newest scientific findings about rising coastal groundwater.

10/21–10/31 Julie Christine Chung: Unexisting

Visit an exhibition that explores the almost forgotten history of the artisit's ancestors and Korean motherland.

10/21 Sara Bronin Book Celebration

Celebrate the release of Professor of City and Regional Planning and Real Estate Sara Bronin's book Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World, with comments provided by AAP Associate Professor Suzanne Lanyi Charles, among others.

10/22 Samuel Leder: Addressing Architecture in Collective Robotic Construction

Attend a lecture by Samuel Leder, Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction and Cluster of Excellence at the University of Stuttgart and Design Tech Innovation Fellow.

10/22 Bryant Lu: Redefining Urban Connectivity and Livability in Ultra-Extreme High Density Cities

Attend a lecture that journeys through the realms of urban design, where innovation, sustainability, and human-centricity converge to redefine the future urban fabric of our rapidly evolving cities.

10/22 Vishaan Chakrabarti: The Architecture of Urbanity, Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy

Attend a book talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti, Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic and founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism.

10/23–10/28 Student Showcase: Language of Painting and Painting Deconstructed

View an exhibition featuring student work from ART 2201 Language of Painting and ART 3299 Painting Deconstructed

10/24 Luigi Franciosini: Architecture and Context

Attend a lecture featuring Jan De Vylder, cofounder of architecten jan de vylder inge vinck (A JDVIV).

10/25 Rafael Prieto-Curiel: Urban Form and Its Impact on Car Dependency

Listen to a talk about the severe challenges of cars in the city due to the resources they need, the lifestyle they promote, and the byproducts they generate.

10/28–11/1 AAP Graduate Programs Virtual Information Week

Explore the cutting-edge research, scholarship, and creative practices shaping a more sustainable, just, and resilient world.

10/29 & 12/7 & 1/11 M.F.A. in Image Text Virtual Information Sessions

Learn more about the M.F.A. in Image Text from codirectors Nicholas Mueller and Catherine Taylor, former faculty guest speakers, and current students.

10/29 Behnaz Farahi: Critical Matter

View a presentation that addresses the notion of critical computation and explores how emerging technologies can address social, cultural, and political issues.

10/29 Nicole Eisenman: Talk Without a Title

Join Nicole Eisenman, who will deliver an address as the fall 2024 guest speaker for the John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

10/30 All NYC Planning Schools Virtual Open House

Join us for the second annual open house, bringing together all eight planning programs in the New York City region.

10/31 Esra Akcan: Right to Heal – Concepts, Stories, and Images of a Book

Join Professor of Architecture Esra Akcan as she presents her forthcoming book during the Michael A. McCarthy lecture.

10/31 Flores & Prats: Emotional Heritage

Attend a lecture by the founders of Flores & Prats, an architectural studio dedicated to the confrontation of theory and academic practice with design and construction activity.

11/1 Andres Martinez-Moscoso: Heritage, Healthy Environment, Rights to the City, and Rights of Nature

Listen to a talk on the past usage of rivers and streams as garbage dumps and the 21st-century demand for the recovery of these spaces.

11/8 42nd Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference

Attend a conference that includes presentations by AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon, SC Johnson College of Business Dean Andrew Karolyi, and Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate Chair Stuart Rosenthal.

11/8 Peter Little: Centering Anthropology, Art, and Advocacy in Ghana's E-Wastescape

Attend a lecture that explores the ongoing nexus of electronic waste, environmental health science, urban policy, and creative intervention in Agbogbloshie, Ghana,

11/11 & 11/12 Leigh Ledare: Artist Lecture and Film Screening

Attend a lecture and film screening, providing a comprehensive look at numerous projects, key themes, and approaches running as a throughline across his photographs, films, and other works.

11/12 Virtual Architecture Graduate Open House for Prospective Students, Fall 2024

Please join us for our virtual Fall 2024 Open House. The event will include program overviews, highlights of our areas of expertise, and Q&A sessions with program directors and current students.

11/14 M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts Virtual Open House, Fall 2024

Learn more about the M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts from the Department of Art faculty and current graduate students, followed by a Q&A session. 

11/15 Donielle Lovell: Envisioning Development and Planning in Tribal Nations

Hear a talk that focuses on the community-centered asset perspective of development and planning in tribal nations rather than the deficit viewpoint that is often taken.

11/19 Daniel Leithinger: Designing Future Shape-Changing Computer Interfaces

Attend a lecture by Daniel Leithinger, Design Tech Innovation Fellow at Cornell University.

11/21 Sharon Louden: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life

Attend a lecture that explores what it means to be a contemporary artist today via the speaker's own work and the work of other creative individuals.

11/22 Jeff Cody: New Building in Old Cities

Visit a lecture that centers on the largely forgotten architectural work of Gustavo Giovannoni, who promoted a scientific approach to architectural restoration and rehabilitation.