Hanna Tulis

Lecturer
Codirector, Participatory Research and Outreach (PRO) Lab

Department

Architecture

Contact

340H E. Sibley Hall
het36@cornell.edu

Connect

Instagram (@bothandlab)

Academic Research Areas

Architectural design
Architectural practice
Community-based planning and development
Visual representation

Hanna Tulis is a lecturer in architecture and codirector of the Participatory Research and Outreach (PRO) Lab at Cornell AAP, where she teaches design studios and lecture courses. She has been an Einhorn Center Engaged Faculty Fellow and regularly coordinates the B.Arch. Engaged Practices Studio, a curriculum that introduces students to social action and service-learning through community-engaged design projects. Her teaching and research connect design, making, and community-based work.

Tulis is the founder of Both-And Collaborative, a multidisciplinary design practice based in Ithaca. Her work spans architectural design, cross-disciplinary collaboration, writing, and performance. With a background in the performing arts, she explores how choreographic thinking can shape the way buildings and spaces are designed and used. Before joining Cornell, Tulis worked at several prominent architecture firms, most recently at Selldorf Architects, where she led teams on residential and cultural projects, including the renovation and expansion of The Frick Collection.

Tulis holds a B.A. in Architecture from Barnard College and an M.Arch. from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Academic Research Areas

Architectural design
Architectural practice
Community-based planning and development
Visual representation

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

Both-And Collaborative, Writer’s Studio (2026), Warren, ME.

The Frick Collection skylight and laylight replacement (Selldorf Architects, 2022), New York, NY.

B.Arch. ’29 students repair a garden at the 4-H Camp Owahta in the Engaged Practices Studio (2026), McGraw, NY.

PRO Lab fabricates student-concept nesting tables for The Enfield Food Pantry (2026).

Notational Library and Movement Score (2023), student work by Ziyan Jiang (B.Arch ’25) for visual representation elective, Performance Where? Moving Bodies and Other Spaces.

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

Notational Library and Movement Score (2023), student work by Jiayu Amber Su (B.Arch ’24) for visual representation elective, Performance Where? Moving Bodies and Other Spaces.