Faculty Work
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Designing Peace at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum on view through September 4, 2023
The exhibition designed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture, the Boston-based firm cofounded by AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95) and Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96), explores the unique role design can play in pursuing peace.
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Intertwined Histories: A Conversation about Open Architectures with Esra Akcan
Akcan discusses her book Open Architecture (2018), which explores the urban renewal implemented in the late 1980s in Berlin's Kreuzberg borough while investigating broader architectural and social implications.
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Three Women, Three Projects Bring Zoning into the Future to Fix Housing Crisis
Forbes surveys work tackling the technological evolution of complicated zoning issues, including the National Zoning Atlas Project spearheaded by CRP Professor Sara Bronin.
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Cornell Atkinson Awards $1.4 Million to New Sustainability Projects
The 2022 round of Academic Venture Fund seed grants will support nine collaborative projects, including work involving Architecture Associate Professor Jenny Sabin and CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
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Are Transportation Planning Views Shared by Engineering Students and the Public?
A paper coauthored by CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research explores the policy preferences of various stakeholders to identify points of consensus and divergence.
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Edition IX—Bodies and Technologies (2022–23)
If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution presents their ninth biennial program which features six new artist and research commissions including work by Architecture Assistant Professor Samia Henni.
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Farzin Farzin: My Domestic Routines
Part of the digital exhibition by winners of the 2022 League Prize, this installation by Architecture Assistant Professor Farzin Lotfi-Jam and his team at Farzin Farzin explores how smart home devices are reshaping domestic space.
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Architecture's Aesthetics Should Support, Rather than Sabotage, a Building's Function
In an op-ed for The Architect's Newspaper, Architecture Professor Jonathan Ochshorn illustrates why successful architectural theory must reconcile utility with expression.
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White House Nationwide Zoning Reform Effort Needs Data
In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Professor Sara Bronin explains that in order for President Biden's incentives for zoning reform to be most effective, there's a need to collect a lot more data.
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To Get to Net Zero, This City Is Making a Map
Bloomberg CityLab reports on the real-world applications of an energy modeling map developed by Architecture faculty Felix Heisel and Timur Dogan that could help Ithaca meet its decarbonization goals.
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Tear Down Academic Silos: Take an 'Undisciplinary' Approach
The Cornell Chronicle highlights "Undisciplining the University Through Shared Purpose, Practice, and Place," a paper coauthored by CRP Lecturer Mitch Glass that identifies drivers that bring different disciplines together in joint research.
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'Measures and Meaning' Exhibition features AAP Alums, Faculty
The Cornell Chronicle previews an exhibition curated by Architecture Associate Professor Sean Anderson (B.Arch./B.S. '96) that showcases work by 20 artists and architects whose views of the built environment defy boundaries.
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SO – IL Selected to Design New Building for the Williams College Museum of Art
The Architect's Newspaper reports that SO – IL, cofounded by Architecture Professor of the Practice Florian Idenburg, will design the museum's first standalone facility, increasing gallery space and enhancing community engagement.
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ASMR4, Vol. 9 — Field Work: Photographs by Ilana Halperin
A brief but comprehensive look at various kinds of eruptions encountered by the artist on her travels, published by ASRM4, a collective which includes Art Assistant Professor Dan Torop.
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UK-Based Public Art Project Offers Any Person 'Key to the City'
Starting May 28, a key designed by AAP Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas for the Birmingham 2022 Festival will allow thousands of residents and visitors to pass through typically inaccessible and hidden urban spaces across the city of Birmingham, England.
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Renters Are the Overlooked Victims of Big Investors
In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Associate Professor Suzanne Lanyi Charles offers suggestions on how to protect families from the practices of mega-landlords who compromise housing stability, security, and affordability.
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How Do We Memorialize the Pandemic?
As the United States nears its one millionth COVID-19-related death, the Boston Globe presents proposals from a collection of artists for memorials, including This Land by Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas.
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Monuments Now Exhibition Catalogue
A collection of images and essays exploring the historical and contemporary context of monuments and responding to the pieces included in the exhibition, including Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas's Eternal Flame.