NOTE: The tour will take place from 10:30-11:00 am. (The second tour formerly listed from 11:15-11:45 am is canceled.)

You're invited to join a guided tour of the 2023 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium Exhibition on the theme of "FRINGE: New Centers for Architecture and Urbanism," which highlights the work of leading creative experts around the world. The exhibition at Cornell (February 28-March 23) explores and integrates regional cultural, material, technological, and spatial practices in the rural-urban territories of East and Southeast Asia.

Through a collection of visual materials and augmented reality (AR) experiences, the exhibition provides an immersive and interactive experience of works that challenge preconceived notions of the rural-urban binary and propose exciting potentials for rethinking construction technologies, sustainability, and citizen agency in the built environment.

The exhibition features the work of 1+1>2 Architects, Amateur Architecture Studio, ArchiUnion, Bangkok Project Studio, DnA Design and Architecture, Drawing Architecture Studio, Future Cities Laboratory, Rural-Urban Building Innovation Laboratory, Rural Urban Framework, Studio Anna Heringer, SUP Atelier. Meeting location: Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall. Led by Hanxi Wang, Architecture Design Teaching Fellow. This tour is co-hosted by the Cornell China Center, Cornell Rural-Urban Building Innovation Lab, East Asia Program, and Southeast Asia Program.

Register here.