Corner, James
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE FEB. 23, 2011
Affiliations:
- Department Chair, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, 1989 to the present
- Director, Field Operations, 2003 to the present
Key projects:
- The High Line, 2004 to 2011: New York, New York, USA
- North Delaware River Waterfront Master plan, 2009 to 2010: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Fresh Kills Park "Lifescape", 2005 to the present: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
- Downsview Park, Finalist (Emergent Ecologies), 2000 to 2000: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Papers and other published materials:
- Corner, J. (2006). Terra Fluxus. In The Landscape Urbanism Reader (pp. 21-33) New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
- Corner, J. (2003). Landscape Urbanism. In Landscape Urbanism: A Manual for the Machinic Landscape. Architectural Association.
- Corner, J., Maclean, A. S., & Cosgrove, D. (2000). Taking Measures Across the American Landscape. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
- Corner, J. (Ed.). (1999). Recovering Landscape. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
- Corner, J. (1996). The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique, and Invention. In On Landscape Urbanism (pp. 148-173). Austin TX: Center for American Architecture and Design University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.
Education:
- M.L.A. and Urban Design Certificate (Graduate), University of Pennsylvania School of Design, 1986
Intellectual positions:
- Landscape and Urbanism should be in a dialectical relationship.
- Landscape can drive the process of city formation.
- Processes over time: the process of urbanization is more fundamental than is the physical form of the metropolis.
- The city is not in a dialectical relationship with nature.
- The image of untamed pastoral nature as an ideal is unrealistic in modern times.
- The imaginary: in order to justify doing anything, it is essential to engage peoples' imaginations.
- The operational or working method: plans can only be built through carefully chosen design and development methods.
- The staging of surfaces: natural succession and development should be applied to horizontal surfaces suffused with infrastructure.
