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Knitting Machine Makes Solid 3D Objects
Professor of Information Science at Cornell, Bowers and Design Tech Faculty François Guimbretière, and engineering student Victor Guimbretière ('29), developed a prototype knitting machine that creates solid three-dimensional objects by interlocking yarn in multiple directions, opening new possibilities for customizable, biomimetic materials.
Cornell AAP to Launch First New York City-based High School Summer Program
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) is adding a new summer intensive for high schoolers interested in studying the collective aspirations, methodologies, and processes involved in the design of cities.
Using imagery and words that celebrate the surrounding valley as well as airport staff, Ramírez Jonas has revealed preliminary models of the full work, which will wrap the transportation hub's new six-story parking facility.
Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Opens Doors, Possibilities on Cornell Tech Campus
After a decade at 26 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, the center's move to Roosevelt Island affords new opportunities for connection and collaboration.
Built on Curiosity: Architecture and the Public Realm
Rubacha Featured Speakers Susan Rodriguez ('81, B.Arch. '82) and Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80) will deliver lectures on Thursday, October 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium on Cornell's Ithaca campus. In advance of their talks, Rodriguez and Manfredi share insights drawn from their professional trajectories.
Midwest Art Installation Pushes Boundaries of Urban Space
Architecture faculty Suzanne Lettieri and Michael Jefferson, in collaboration with Visiting Critic Ryan Whitby, present their public installation, Apart, Together, at this year's Exhibit Columbus. Other contributors include alumni Andrew Fu (B.Arch. '15), Aaron Goldstein (B.Arch. '15), Aleksandr Mergold (B.Arch. '00), and Studio Cooke John, founded by Nina Cooke John (B.Arch. '95).
Teens' Portraits Celebrate Toni Morrison as Community-Builder
Architecture Assistant Professor Peter Robinson is featured in the Cornell Chronicle for leading a collaborative mural project with Ithaca and New York City students, whose visual tributes to Toni Morrison now hang in Morrison Hall to honor her legacy and inspire cross-generational dialogue.
Largest-Ever Cornell Delegation to Attend Climate Week NYC
The Cornell Chronicle announced participating Cornell faculty in this year's climate week, including AAP's Billie Faircloth (Architecture, Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow) and Linda Shi (CRP) who will add to public discourse on topics including renewable energy transition, protecting public health from increasing heat waves, and addressing the impact of climate change on housing and community planning.
How Communities Can Bridge the Digital Divide
The Cornell Chronicle featured CRP Professor Mildred Warner's recent open-access book coedited with Natassia Bravo (Ph.D. CRP '25) and Duxixi (Ada) Shen (M.R.P. '24), and funded in part by the USDA and Pew Charitable Trusts. Their research presents a multilevel governance framework showing how local leaders leverage policy and community resilience to bridge broadband inequities.
Rooms with a 'View Score': Software Aids Building Designers
The Cornell Chronicle featured Ph.D. student in Systems Engineering Jaeha Kim (M.S. AAD '21), who has advanced research in collaboration with Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan and Architecture Lecturer Katharina Kral on the development of Viewscore.io, a tool that measures window view quality to guide better building design and sustainability standards.
En Route to Brazil, AquaPraça Floats New Responses to Rising Seas in Venice
An international coalition of architects, including AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon and alumnus Eric Höweler, governmental agencies, NGOs, and other partners unveiled AquaPraça, a submersible public plaza designed to advance civic discourse on climate change, at La Biennale di Venezia before the project departs for COP30 in Brazil.
Campanella's most recent book was released after he began research decades ago as a Cornell student on two largely underrecognized landscape architects who deeply shaped the urban geography of the New York City we know today.
Four-Day Event Celebrates 70 Years of Toni Morrison's Cornell Legacy
A four-day event featuring films, panels, workshops, the unveiling of two murals, and other activities, including a conversation with Art Professor Keith Obadike, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Toni Morrison's degree, life, and work.
New Faculty Jose Sanchez Wants You to Play With Architecture — Literally
New Associate Professor of Design Tech at the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and Cornell Tech Jose Sanchez brings a groundbreaking approach to architecture that centers on gameplay, cooperation, and the stewardship of shared resources: what he calls "the Commons."
3D-Printed Superconductor Achieves Record Performance
Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell Engineering and inaugural Design Tech faculty member Uli B. Wiesner's team has developed a groundbreaking one-step 3D printing process for superconductors. The process leverages self-assembling copolymer nanoparticle inks to achieve record-setting magnetic performance and streamlined fabrication.
Pursuing Purpose, Building Knowledge: AAP Embarks on the Fall 2025 Semester
Aligned with an ongoing mission to advance research, scholarship, and creative practices, Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning begins a vibrant semester of critical and creative work that invites students, faculty, and staff to explore ideas across disciplines in pursuit of a more sustainable and equitable world.
Advancing the Mission: New Faculty Continue Expanding Expertise Across Disciplines
Through endowed visiting and long-term department positions, incoming educators bring fresh perspectives, strengthening AAP's core values and commitment to innovative research and teaching.
Passion and Purpose Guide Incoming Class of 2029
Cornell welcomes 3,861 first-year students and 640 transfers from all 50 states, plus Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and 97 countries.
Building Energy Model Offers Cities Decarbonization Roadmap
Architecture Associate Professor Timur Dogan and his team used Ithaca as a case study to demonstrate a software tool that models building energy use and identifies cost-effective strategies to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
Engaged Opportunity Grants Connect Students with Hands-On Community Projects
Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam is featured for co-leading a student-supported project that uses augmented and virtual reality to enhance radiation therapy education.
