In a unique public-private partnership, Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP of Milwaukee has named a faculty member in architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to a professorship that will join real-world project design with classroom teaching. Chris Cornelius, an assistant professor who joined the UWM faculty last year, has been chosen to fill the Plunkett Raysich Professorship. The professorship program divides the academic year into two parts. During the fall semester, Cornelius will work as a design advisor at Plunkett Raysich Architects, providing project assistance and contributing to the practice's design direction. Cornelius will return to teaching at the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) during the second semester of each year, leading the Plunkett Raysich Studio, a graduate-level student laboratory that will focus on projects established by both Cornelius and members of the practice. During the semester, members of the practice will participate in design critiques, juries and lectures. In a third element of the program, Cornelius will combine the results of the two semesters in the form of a public lecture, publications and/or an exhibit. "This professorship is a unique opportunity for both UWM and Plunkett Raysich," said principal and managing partner David Raysich, who also is a UWM alumnus. "As far as we know, there is no other program like it at other architecture schools throughout the country." Cornelius, also a UWM alumnus, is a member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, and his expertise lies in the architectural translation of Native American culture. In 2003, he was an artist in residence at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. He came to UWM from the University of Virginia, where he was a lecturer in the School of Architecture. SARUP dean Robert Greenstreet said the association between the school and the firm will strengthen the link between academia and the business world. "Plunkett Raysich has demonstrated its support for, and belief in, the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning for many years," Greenstreet said. "I am delighted that the firm is interested in further developing that relationship."
Plunkett Raysich provides new architectural program at UWM
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