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SPROUT Awards Support 6 Novel Research Collaborations
SPROUT Awards enable collaborators like Assistant Professor of Architecture Sasa Zivkovic and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and inaugural Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen to pursue innovative and impactful research at the intersections of multiple fields.
Hip Hop Has Already Transformed Culture. Now, It's Changing Architecture, Too
AAP alumn Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99) is featured in an article that pulls back the curtain on some of the most original voices working in architecture today.
World-Renowned Architect, Theorist, and Educator
Learn more about the life and practice of prominent architect and educator Peter Eisenman (B.Arch. '54) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Empower the Next Generation of Creative Leaders
Hear from students first-hand as they share the life-changing impact scholarship funds can have on expanding access and supporting the creative capacities of each and every AAP student.
Jose Castillo Named Next Chair of AAP's Department of Architecture
A celebrated architect and urban planner with a deep investment in research and teaching, Castillo joins Cornell this summer, with an eye toward fostering new forms of practice, leadership, and engagement in the field to meet the challenges of a more connected and complex world.
Community Engagement Awards Honor Exceptional People, Projects
The second annual Community Engagement Awards, held at Cornell and hosted by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, celebrated partnerships like those between the Finger Lakes ReUse and the Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development (CR0WD) partner network, which includes the labs of AAP faculty Jennifer Minner and Felix Heisel. David Ni (B.Arch. '24) was one of three recipients of this year's Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Awards and among the 15 faculty and five students to receive awards at the event.
Designing with an Eye Toward the Past, Present, and Future
Learn more about the long career, building designs, and master plans of award-winning architect and educator Alan Chimacoff ('63, B.Arch. '64) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Workbook Tackles Injustice – and Carbon – in Built Environment
CRP faculty Jocelyn Poe and Jennifer Minner, along with Architecture faculty Felix Heisel, are among several coauthors who recently published Embodying Justice in the Built Environment: Circularity in Practice. The guide and workbook seek to help policymakers, practitioners, and communities center justice principles while implementing strategies related to materials resource management, new construction, and alternatives to demolition.
Architectural-Art Installation Takes Center Stage at Coachella
Architecture faculty Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic of HANNAH designed and built Monarchs: A House in Six Parts, a towering, 3D-printed, robotically fabricated architectural art installation for this year's Coachella music festival in the California desert.
Robinson-Appel Award Recipients Serve Diverse Local Populations
David Ni (B.Arch. '24) received a Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award to honor his significant involvement in community engagement. The $2,500 award goes toward projects that improve the lives of diverse local populations, including adopted and foster children, refugee students, and immigrants.
Faculty Awarded for Creative, Innovative Community Engagement
Thirteen Cornell faculty members, including Architecture Assistant Professor Suzanne Lettieri and Associate Professor of Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and inaugural Design Tech faculty Heeju Park, have received Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.
Hired as part of the provost's Sustainability Radical Collaboration initiative, Faircloth's synergistic appointment will span teaching and scholarship at Cornell AAP and cross-cutting, knowledge-to-impact research and engagement opportunities at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
Community-Engaged Research Gets Boost from New Grants
Architecture Lecturer Hanna Tulis is part of a team that received funding from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement to support undergraduate participation in faculty- and staff-led research. Their project includes the design of a new facility and community garden for the Enfield Food Distribution Center, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
Film Set in Schwartz Center: A Pop-up Laboratory for Building Worlds
Sid Martis (B.Arch. '25) shares thoughts about learning valuable skills in Assistant Professor of Performing and Media Arts Jason Simms's production design course by painting and dressing the film set for a short film titled "Remembering Colin Stall," emphasizing the actualization process in creating occupiable spaces.
Democracy Problems: Jae Shin and Damon Rich on HECTOR's Design Practice
Visiting AAP NYC architecture faculty Shin and Rich of the Newark, New Jersey-based firm HECTOR share thoughts on democratizing urban design and how they have learned from the US tradition of popular education.
AAP Announces New Annual Strauch Early Career Fellow Appointment
Thanks to the generosity of decades-long alumni supporters Hans (B.Arch. '80) and Roger Strauch ('78), the college continues to increase the accessibility of academic careers to emerging scholars and practitioners in the disciplines of architecture, art, and planning.
Admitted Class of 2028 Personifies Cornell's Founding Principles
The 5,139 admitted students will bring with them a variety of lived experiences that will enrich the vitality and innovation of Cornell’s intellectual community, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
Peek Inside the Galleries at AAP's Freedom of Expression Show
Cornellians highlights the thought-provoking works that have been on display in AAP's galleries during the month of March for the Cornell Council for the Arts' exhibition.
A love of board games combined with an interest in exploring their larger cultural implications inspired this collection of insightful essays by contributors drawn from across Cornell's campus, alumni, and beyond.
Architecture Students Set to Spread Wings on Dragon Day
The Cornell Chronicle previews the annual Dragon Day parade, which this year is expected to feature a grunge-inspired dragon designed by first-year architecture students.
