The primary objective of Studio Talks is to provide the faculty opportunity to diversify the voices and expand the important conversations embedded in the Option Studio. Framed as an opportunity for 'radical collaboration' – or the bringing in of alternative voices to advance creative thinking and meaningful innovation, these Studio Talks offer opportunities to introduce distinct perspectives and alternative readings, and perhaps unique technologies and/or methodologies, that open up the potentials of diverse and inclusive participatory design processes.

The following talks, workshops, and reviews have been curated and organized by the design faculty leading the Option Studios, and are open to the Cornell community. Many of the invited participants are from disciplines external to architecture and offer a parallel line of inquiry that serves to expand the studio's pedagogy while providing rich opportunities for collaborations across disciplines.

February 16: Thomas O'Rourke
Thomas R. Biggs Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

February 22: Lindsay Erickson
Johnston Marklee, Senior Associate

February 24: Gretchen Stoecker
Kevin Daly Architects, Director

February 25: Mauricio Rocha & German Valenzuela
Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha, Mexico | School of Talca, Chile

February 26: Sade Elhawary
Community Coalition South LA, Lead Strategic Initiatives

March 2: Amy MacDonald & Rob Otani
Principal, Resilience Practice, Thornton Tomasetti | Principal, CORE Studio, Thornton Tomasetti

March 11: Sol Camacho & Gabriel Kogan
Raddar, Brazil | Espaco SEM Nome, Brazil

March 11: Erik Olsen
Managing Partner, Transsolar KlimaEngineering

March 12: Sören Grünert
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

March 16: Steve Colletta & Rob DaRos
Sr. Vice President and Vice President, Sciame Construction

March 17: Leonardo Finotti & Michelle Jean de Castro
Architectural Photographer & Curator, Founders of LAMA.SP

March 17: Susan Jones
Atelier Jones

March 18: Frida Escobedo & Sumayya Vally
Architect, Mexico | Counterspace, Africa

March 23: Denny Regini & Claudia Pavan
President and Sr. Project Manager, Cimolai USA

March 25: David Barragan & Sami Aloulou
Al Borde, Ecuador | Septembre, Tunisia/France

March 29: Matthew Hunter
American Wood Council

March 30: Alexander Jafari, Thomas Langner, Casey Ramsey
Director, Sr. Engineer and General Superintendent, Vector Foiltec

April 1: Adel Hidar & Driss Kettani
Atelier Facila, Tunisia | Morocco

April 2: Scott Hughes
Silman

April 5: Alan Organschi
Gray Organschi Architecture

April 6: Tyler Kicera
VP, Head of Creative, TAIT Towers / Founder, Kollab

April 8: Clément Taquet & Aldo Solano Rojas
Concrete Jungle Foundation, Worldwide | Playgrounds, Mexico

April 15: Andrea Griborio & Miquel Adrià
Arquine

April 19: Billie Faircloth
Kieran Timberlake

"April 20: Frank Barkow
Principal, Barkow Leibinger

April 22: Alberto Oderiz & Isabel Abascal
Lanza Atelier

April 22: Craig Robins, Martino Stierli, Niall Hobhouse, Ania Soliman, Artur Walther
DACRA | The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art | The Drawing Matter trust | Artist, Paris & NY | The Walther Collection

April 27: Thom Mayne
Principal, Morphosis

April 29: Muñoz Rivas, Eloy Enciso, Theo Court, Manuel Muñoz Rivas, & Irene Gutierrez
Chile | Spain | Chile | Spain | Spain

May 10: Symposium, Activism & Neighborhood Preservation
Aurea Montes-Rodriguez | Joanne Kim | Ron Finley | Cory Henry | Mary Lee | Kenyatta McLean | Alexandre Dorriz | Noé Olivas | Alexandre Dorriz