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Academic Research Areas

  • Architectural design
  • Architectural practice
  • Collaborative practice
  • Community-based planning and development
  • Drawing
  • Interdisciplinary art
  • Visual representation
  • Architectural practice
  • Visual representation
  • Adaptive re-use
  • Movement studies
  • Site analysis

Hanna Tulis is a Lecturer in Architecture at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, where she teaches design studios and seminar courses. She is a 2024–2025 Einhorn Center Engaged Faculty Fellow and currently coordinates the B.Arch. Engaged Practices Studio, a curriculum that introduces students to social action and client service through community-engaged projects. Prior to becoming an educator, Hanna worked at McBride Architects, Beyer Blinder Belle, OMA, and most recently, at Selldorf Architects, where she focused on numerous cultural and residential projects, including the renovation and expansion of The Frick Collection.

She is the founder of Both-And Collaborative, a multidisciplinary design practice in Ithaca, New York. Her research interests span media and lie at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, and the performing arts. With a background in contemporary dance, she is interested in how choreographic thinking can inform architectural production.

Tulis holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College and a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

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Academic Research Areas

  • Architectural design
  • Architectural practice
  • Collaborative practice
  • Community-based planning and development
  • Drawing
  • Interdisciplinary art
  • Visual representation
  • Architectural practice
  • Visual representation
  • Adaptive re-use
  • Movement studies
  • Site analysis
  • A 3D architectural diagram showing a multi-story building with various construction materials and features. Key elements include a double-tee pre-cast structural slab, poured-in-place concrete core walls, perforated Schoeck
  • A complex 3D diagram showing a choreographic composition with multiple performers. The diagram includes various elements like paths, gestures, and spatial relationships, suggesting the movements and interactions of the performers on a stage. Key labels include
  • a large, open-air space with scaffolding covering the ceiling. The space appears to be a building under construction, with exposed beams and pipes visible. There is a reflective surface on the floor, possibly a glass roof or skylight.

Both-And Collaborative, Greenhouse (2018); Big Ideas for Small Lots Competition, New York, NY.

Notational Library and Movement Score, Waiting for the Subway (2023); student work by Aishwarya Mahadevan (M.S. AAD ’23), for visual representation elective seminar, Performance Where? Moving Bodies and Other Spaces.

The Frick Collection skylight and laylight replacement (Selldorf Architects, 2022). image / The Frick Collection

Classes

  • Gensler Visiting Critic Option Studio, "Casework"

    ARCH 5101

  • Design V, Third Year B.Arch Core Studio

    ARCH 3101

  • Design IV, Second Year B.Arch Core Studio, "Integrative Design"

    ARCH 2102

  • Visual Representation Elective Seminar

    ARCH 4509

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