Skip to main content
Jonathan Ochshorn
Cornell academic homepage
Other Links


Education
1986 M. Urban Design, City College of New York
1975-6 M.S. program, Structural Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (no degree received)
1975 B. Arch., Cornell University

Academic Experience
1996-present Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Cornell University
1997-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (sabbatical leave)
1988-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Cornell University
1980-1987 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, City College of New York

Professional Registration
1979-present Registered Architect, New York State

Professional Architectural Practice
1990-present Jonathan Ochshorn, Private Practice
1987-1988 Project Manager, John Ash A.I.A. Assoc., 1987-1988
1984-1987 Associate Director, City College Architectural Center
1982-1983 Project Architect, Battaglia-Seckler, Architects
1978-1980 Project Architect/draftsman, Pomeroy, Lebduska Assoc.
1976-1978 Draftsman, Poor, Swanke, Hayden & Connell

Honors and Awards:
2001 Fulbright Senior Specialist Award: conducted workshop on structural behavior at Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Courses Taught: Cornell
Construction:
Building Technology, Materials & Methods, Special Topics in Construction: Fire Safety, Working Drawings, Special Topics in Construction: Building Envelope Design

Structures:
Structural Concepts (Statics and Strength of Materials), Structural Elements (Steel, Concrete, Timber), Structural Systems II (Reinforced Concrete)

Design:
2nd-year studio, 4th-year Rome studio (with L. Briggs), 4th-year CAD studio (with W. Goehner), 5th-year and graduate thesis

Environmental Controls:
Site Planning

Recent Publications:
"Approximate Derivation of Critical Buckling Load" Technical Note, Journal of Architectural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers 15, no. 4, 139-141 (Dec. 2009).

Structural Elements for Architects and Builders, Butterworth-Heinemann, Nov. 2009.

"What Sustainability Sustains" Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January, 2008.

"Designing Building Failures," Proceedings of the 2006 Building Technology Educators' Symposium, University of Maryland, College Park, August, 2006.

"Overcoming Ambivalence" Essay appears in abridged form in Association Vol. I / Fall 05, a student publication of the College of Architecture, Art & Planning, Cornell University (see full version online).

"Structural design - steel" chapter, Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data, 8th ed., Callender et. al. eds., McGraw-Hill, 2005.

"Brick," "Curtain-wall," "Steel," "Stone," and "Truss Systems" essays, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Fitzroy Dearborn (Taylor & Francis) Publishers, December 2003.

Selected writings online

Exhibitions:
Faculty show: "Cause and Effect," Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Feb. 14-25, 2005. Project examined design process in terms of the exhibition theme (see exhibition panel).

Recent administrative positions: Faculty representative, University Review Board (2004-2010); Faculty representative, University Lectures Committee (2007-2011); Associate Chair, Dept. of Architecture (2001 - 2004); Director of Graduate Studies, Field of Architecture (1997-2004); Chair, University Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Status of the Faculty (Spring 2003 - Spring 2004).

Other service: Fulbright Senior Specialist Program 2006-2008 Urban Planning Peer Review Committee; Advisory Board, Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition (2006-2007).