The Introduction to Architecture Summer Program introduces high school and college students to ideas, principles, and methods of exploring architectural problems in a studio setting.
Teaching Associate Warisara (Nice) Sudswong (M.Arch. '17), center foreground, holds an organizational meeting with her first-year B.Arch. studio section in Sibley Dome. Learn more about applying to the undergraduate architecture program.
With a beginning in pen drawing and painting, William Demaria (B.F.A. '20) found his niche in engraving and printmaking at Cornell University. Read more about his research and practice.
Shawn Rickenbacker
Shawn Rickenbacker, born and raised in New York City, is an architect and creative technologist. He holds a bachelor of architecture from Syracuse University, a master of architecture II from the University of Virginia, and a certificate in advanced interaction design from New York University. He is a partner at the design firm Rickenbacker + Leung LLC founded in 2005, notable for such projects as Re: Vision Dallas and the Renaissance Ballroom redevelopment in New York City. He also is a cofounder of the technology, data, and design consultancy Urban Data + Design (UDD), which is currently working on the design and implementation of ambient and embedded technologies in the physical environment intended to enhance spatial awareness and cognition. As a founder of UDD, he was selected as a finalist in 2012 to be PopTech Social Innovation Fellow, a fellows program designed for one-of-a-kind social innovators who have the talent, passion, and potential to change the world.
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- ARCH 4101/4102/5101/7912 Option StudioAdvanced programs in architectural design, with options in, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.