WHAT?
Edible Homes is a advanced research + design studio that took place at Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning. The fall studio was lead by Claire Weisz and Marcos Escamilla-Guerrero. This website is the result of a pedagogic approach to architectural education, in which students co-designed every aspect of it with the intent of communicating their investigations and design to a broader audience. This website is also a public invitation to expand the research and engage with the issues that this platform analyses.
WHY THIS STUDIO IS IMPORTANT?
This studio positions architecture as an intent-driven discipline, beginning with rural contexts and extending to urban ones, to directly confront the urgent shortage of farmworker housing. By engaging with today’s intertwined environmental and social challenges, it asks students to think critically about how design can shape equitable, resilient spaces for the future.
STUDIO MEMBERS
Kanika Bhagat
B.Arch
A Kolkata-born designer, Kanika brings a community-oriented, data-driven focus to farmworker housing, translating dialogue and research into advocacy for sustainable, empowering solutions.
Chang Bowen
B.Arch
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Sanjiang Ding
MS.AAD
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Daniel Hsu
B.Arch
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Linzi
Liu
MS.AAD
Linzi likes entities that photosynthesise and flora of mycological nature. She has an affinity for technical & operable mechanisms, and thinks biological components should exist in all designs for humans.
Alvaro
Luna
MS.AAD
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Lily Rose Mager
B.Arch
Lily is a fifth year B.Arch student who has passionately persued interests in sustainable innovation and ways in which to incorporate playfulness into design. With her project, Building Byproducts, she aims to create an approachble learning platform that is both educational and interactive.
Danielle Mitchell
B.Arch
As fifth year Bachelor of Architecture student, Danielle's interests lie in placemaking and community-driven design strategies. Through research in material making via agricultural waste, she hopes to encourage the creation of built spaces that the farmworker can connect with by being a part of the process.
Roxana Mora
B.Arch
Roxana is a fifth‑year architecture student at Cornell University, minoring in Design and Environmental Analysis. Her work work blends research, social context, and environmental responsibility to create spaces that support equity and everyday experience. She thrives in collaborative settings and brings strong conceptual clarity and purposeful design thinking.
Leonor Robalino
B.Arch
A fifth-year architecture student at Cornell University researching the economics of farm land use and sustainability across New York State. Rooted in her experience as a first-generation New Yorker with South American heritage, she brings a unique perspective to architectural practice that bridges cultural history, community advocacy, and forward-looking design.
Khushi Shah
MS.AAD
Passionate about architecture as a profound expression of ideas, values, and individuality. I believe in designing spaces that reflect the uniqueness of a creator’s vision while meaningfully addressing contemporary challenges, rather than conforming to fleeting trends or established norms.
Jamie Wei
B.Arch
Jamie is a fourth-year B'Arch student from NYC. She's interested in how dignifying living spaces are created through design and pubic policies.
