WIRED: Cornell Wants People To ‘Collide’ On Its New NYC Tech Campus

Collision is the theme of Cornell Tech’s future campus. The design of the campus on Roosevelt Island promotes “crossing paths”  and “collision points” for interdisciplinary innovation, reports WIRED.

Designing “collision points,” or moments where individuals come together in spontaneous interactions, has long been a trendy idea. MIT’s famed Building 20 and the Pixar campus near San Francisco are two places designed to promote “crossing paths.” It’s happening on a slightly bigger scale on Roosevelt Island.

“Those principles can work on an urban scale,” Koop says.

This aligns with Cornell Tech’s overarching goal of building a “graduate school for the digital age,” says school dean Dan Huttenlocher. In such a world, collaboration and cooperation are essential to success. Students coming out of Cornell Tech should know how to code, yes, but so too should they be able to talk to a media manager or collaborate with environmental scientists.

Read the full article on WIRED.