Fall 2018 seminar: M.Arch. candidate, architecture
Jamie Yun Mitchell received his bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 2015, and is in his final semester working towards his master of architecture at Cornell University. His multidisciplinary background has become a foundation for his interests in designing architecture that negotiates between the built and natural environment. Specifically, his thesis is focused on creating novel cohabitational architecture that would allow for other species to live amongst humans within the same structures and spaces and redefine the anthropocentric era into one that is biocentric and inclusive for all life.
Recently Mitchell competed on a multidisciplinary team of five Cornell students in the international ULI Hines Student Competition against 130 teams from the best schools in North America. His team won first prize and $50,000 — theirs was the first Cornell team to become a finalist or win in the 16-year history of the competition.