Jose Castillo
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Who Gets to Be an Architect? That’s About to Change
Architecture Chair Jose Castillo comments on plans that could limit students' ability to access funding to cover the cost of graduate school, which could radically alter the demographics of the architecture profession.
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From Knowledge to Climate Action in New York City
A symposium hosted by the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities brought together experts from across fields to address the hazards facing the city and consider actions to mitigate risks to people, buildings, and infrastructure.
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Cornell AAP Alumni, Faculty, and Students Answer 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale’s Call to Rethink the Built Environment in an Era of Climate Challenge
The international exhibition, curated by Carlo Ratti and featuring more than 750 participants drawn from a wide range of expertise, invites cross-disciplinary conversation and experimentation.
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We Need to Read the World: 6 Questions with Jose Castillo
In advance of his upcoming lecture at AAP, new chair of the Department of Architecture Jose Castillo shared lessons learned through his wide-ranging work to date and reflected on some of the big questions still driving him as both an educator and architect.
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AAP Welcomes New Faculty and Endowed Fellows This Fall
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning is pleased to welcome new long-term faculty, and endowed visiting critics and fellows to Ithaca and New York City. Their experience and expertise will further enrich the college’s commitment to academic and creative…
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Cornell AAP appoints Jose Castillo as chair of Department of Architecture
Jose Castillo has been appointed chair of the Department of Architecture at Cornell AAP. Castillo, a practicing architect and urban planner hailing from Mexico City, will assume the role on July 1.
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Jose Castillo Named Next Chair of AAP’s Department of Architecture
A celebrated architect and urban planner with a deep investment in research and teaching, Castillo joins Cornell this summer, with an eye toward fostering new forms of practice, leadership, and engagement in the field to meet the challenges of a more connected and complex world.
