Faculty Work

Esra Akcan

Architecture Professor Esra Akcan makes a plea for what she calls "open architecture" and asks what would have happened if the architectural discipline and profession were shaped by a new ethics of hospitality toward the immigrant.

Felix Heisel

A paper co-authored by Architecture students Yi Xu (M.Arch. '24), Shujie Liu (M.Arch. '24), and Assistant Professor Felix Heisel in Circular Economy proposes an approach to combat construction waste in the architecture, construction, and engineering industry by developing a disassemblable brick partition wall.

Ding Fei

A paper authored by CRP Assistant Professor Ding Fei published in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space investigates the structures, forces, and actors that drive and constrain transnationalizing intrapreneurship under Chinese private investment in Africa.

Thomas J. Campanella

In a feature for The Cultural Landscape Foundation, CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella offers a profile of the work of Mary Elizabeth Sprout, designer of many of New York City's iconic gardens.

Michael Ashkin

Photographs and models/sculptures by Art Professor Michael Ashkin are on display at Foyer LA through 3/9.

Michael Ashkin

Art Professor Michael Ashkin's latest publication reorganizes and adds to his original 133 panoramic images of the New Jersey Meadowlands originally commissioned by Okwui Enwezor for Documenta 11 in 2002.

Stephan Schmidt

CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt coauthored research published in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space examining the role of regional polycentricity in effectuating certain desirable outcomes, specifically enhancing economic productivity and minimizing spatial disparities.

Stephan Schmidt

A paper coauthored by CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt published in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science explores the potential of certain features of urban fabric and the benefits of polycentric development.

Felix Heisel

Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel and former Circular Construction Lab researcher Joseph McGranahan co-authored an included chapter covering digital tools for circularity evaluation in this open-access publication.

Esra Akcan

Edited by Architecture Professor Esra Akcan and Iftikhar Dadi, Art History, this essay collection -- which includes contributions by current and former Cornell faculty and students -- explores the scope of diverse artistic media, including architecture, painting, postcards, film, music, and literature, that has responded to the partitions of the 20th century and the Muslim diasporas in Europe.

Mildred Warner

Ph.D. candidate Natassia Bravo, under the supervision of CRP Professor Mildred E. Warner, examined data collected by The Pew Charitable Trusts on state broadband grants and explored the criteria for grant allocation, and whether needed funds made it to communities less likely to be served by broadband — rural, sparsely populated, and high-poverty.

Linda Shi

CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi is a co-author of a chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment examining intersectional vulnerabilities to climate risks.

Felix Heisel, Marta H. Wisniewska

An article co-authored by Architecture faculty Felix Heisel and Marta H. Wisniewska in Technology|Architecture + Design applies a prototypological method to address the research issues and opportunities presented by scaling a circular economy.

Mildred Warner

An article in the Journal of Rural Studies explores how New York State local governments planned to use their American Rescue Act funding, which encouraged communities to invest in infrastructure, resilience, and equity.

Martin Miller

Heatherwick showcases buildings that are "givers rather than takers," including MaoHaus in Beijing, China, by Assistant Professor of the Practice Martin Miller's design office.

Linda Shi

CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi coauthored a post on the Environmental Defense Fund blog to share preliminary takeaways about opportunities to close the resilient housing gap.

Sophie Oldfield

CRP Chair Sophie Oldfield's new book explores how research and assessment were reshaped when framed in neighborhood questions and commitments, and what was reoriented in urban theorizing when community activism and township struggles were recognized as sites of valid knowledge-making.

Jen de los Reyes

Explore the work of Corita Kent through a lens of teaching and community-building, paired with the work of contemporary artists including Art Associate Professor Jen de los Reyes.