As part of our technology course, we are studying iconic buildings of the modernist period in Manhattan. We must propose a retrofit project to increase their performances. Our analysis will be complemented and verified through virtual model testing of the different traits we might be studying: aerodynamics, day lighting, thermal loads, etc. Last Thursday, we [...]
Monthly Archive for February, 2011
Unless you are Allie Riggs or Anne Wu (intern at Sculpture Center and natural inhabitant, respectively), Queens exists in a far, far off land: an uncharted region of unnumbered streets, where tiny buildings create an outer-borough labyrinth of wonder, waiting to be explored. As a result, 95% of Jeff Gibson’s theory class arrived late to [...]
Cornell students are basking in the presence of stardom at the AAP campus in NYC. On February 4, nearly everyone ran smack into the set of every tween girl’s dream world: Gossip Girl. Live footage on Christina Ko’s camera of Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) phoning his new love interest Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) sparked a [...]
iphone introduces its new campaign for the HopStop app, enabling confused small towners to navigate the big city with ease. Art Student Hannah Coleman, “Yay! The subway is so fun!”
Day one at the AAP NYC campus and the season of city soirees has already commenced. Teachers, students, and a spread of various Greek dipping sauces gathered behind a sheet of Cornell’s movable studio walls to casually mingle and introduce class mission statements. Getting a bit silly on carbonated water, artist David Schafer here explains [...]