News
Dragon Day Scales Up Sustainability Emphasis in Annual Parade
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At this year’s annual Dragon Day event, architecture students emphasized sustainability through building a dragon model out of recycled materials.
News
Architect to Speak on Project Following Award-Winning Research Proposal
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Architect and professor Aleksandra Jaeschke will visit Cornell to speak on her exploration of greenhouse design following her winning the Wheelwright Prize in 2019.
architecture
GUEST ROOM | A Glimpse of Student Life in Architecture
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“Oh, you’re an archie? Wow, you’re the first one I’ve met. Do you ever get any sleep?”
This phrase is one that I hear frequently as an architecture student on campus. There seems to be an exciting sense of mystery surrounding our architecture program. Where do they go?
Design and Health
Designing a Healthier Future with Architecture
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Prof. Mardelle Shepley, health centered design, and Prof. Anna Dietzsch, architecture, explain ways in which the built environment can be utilized to promote healthy living.
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Two Professors From Iraq Discuss Baghdad Architecture in Webinar
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In a webinar on Monday, Nov. 1, two Iraqi scholars will discuss the impact of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on architecture and urban planning in Baghdad.
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In a Rare Sighting, Architecture Student Spotted at Collegetown Greenstar
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An architecture student was spotted at the Collegetown Greenstar at approximately 2 a.m. on Monday. The unusual sighting left Cornellians and Ithacans shocked.
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AAP Students Express Concern Over Transition to Online Classes
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While College of Architecture, Art and Planning students take courses that traditionally rely on the availability of studio spaces and materials, students and faculty now have to reimagine what these classes would look like online.
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Design Over People? New Fine Arts Library Critiqued for See-Through, Grated Floors
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The newly renovated Mui Ho Fine Arts Library houses over 100,000 books suspended from the ceiling. The steel grate floors between the three levels of stacks are permeable by air and light — and are see-through.
Science
Are Evil, Autonomous Robots in Our Future? Cornell Professors Debunk A.I. Myths and Discuss Future Directions
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According to Bala, modern A.I. is capable of amazing feats, but likely won’t produce anytime soon the kinds of general A.I. seen in movies like The Terminator. That kind of A.I. is “very, very far out, if at all it will ever be achieved,” Bala said.
architecture
Cornell Professor Creates AI-Interfaced Photoluminescent Fiber Installation to Facilitate Dialogue Through Technology
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In Building 99 on Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington campus, Prof. Jenny Sabin, architecture, unveiled her latest project: an AI interface called Ada that translates people’s facial reactions into color by using a network of a dozen cameras designed to collect people’s facial expressions. Sabin, who was invited to participate in Microsoft’s Artist in Residence program, hoped to “explore artificial intelligence in ways that would make it more human centered — would provide bridges to understanding the technology.” Through Ada, she hopes to bring more people closer to artificial intelligence in a more friendly, approachable manner. Ada was named after gifted mathematician and early computer programmer Ada Lovelace, who was cited to have written instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s. According to Sabin, the system functions as an interface for “expressing sentiment data that’s been picked up by cameras and reveals the data through light and color.”
Beyond the 12 cameras within the room, there is also an additional sensor and camera contained inside the project that can override the other cameras. These sensors and cameras read “the collective sentiment of the building [facial expressions] from individuals,” according to Sabin.