PLASTIC PRACTICE



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Exhibitions
Identity Crisis
In the Round, On the Flat
Aesthetics of Prosthetics

Symposia
Sightlines

Projects
Learning on the Line
Playwood
New Museum Addition
Hyperloop Headquarters
Seeing Double

Teaching I (Select Seminar Courses)
The Back Wall
Mixed Mannerisms
Translating Elements

Teaching II (Select Studio Courses)
Hybrid Assemblages II
Geologies of Making
Hybrid Assemblages I
Traces of Extraction
Istanbul Mediatheque
A Chair, A House, A Signature

Info
About
Contact
Courses
Events
A Note
                                       PLASTIC PRACTICE


PLASTIC is an architecture, research, and academic practice by Cat Wilmes.

It takes its name from the plastic arts—a term for disciplines concerned with malleability, process, and how a medium yields to intent.
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Courses

Architecture Studios

Arch 201 — B.Arch Design III Studio: House (coordinator)
Illinois Institute of Technology, Fall 2025

Arch 1102 — B.Arch Design II Studio: Hybrid Assemblages
Cornell University, Spring 2025

Arch 1101 — B.Arch Design I Studio: Geologies of Making
Cornell University, Fall 2024

Arch 1102 — B.Arch Design II Studio: Hybrid Assemblages
Cornell University, Spring 2024

Arch 1101 — B.Arch Design I Studio: Traces of Extraction
Cornell University, Fall 2023

Arch 2101 — B.Arch Design I Studio: A Chair, A House, A Signature
Cornell University, Fall 2022

Arc 409 — B.Arch Design VIII Studio: Istanbul Mediatheque
Syracuse University, Spring 2023

Arch 703 — M.Arch Design III Studio: Urban Qualities & Materials (co-teacher)
Pratt Institute, Fall 2021

Arch 806 — M.Arch Design VI Studio: Hold Your Pose While I Take a Picture 
Pratt Institute, Spring 2021

Arch 703 — M.Arch Design III Studio: Urban Qualities & Materials (co-teacher)
Pratt Institute, Fall 2020

Arch 806 — M.Arch Design VI Studio: Mixed Messages (co-teacher)
Pratt Institute, Spring 2020

Arch 703 — M.Arch Design III Studio: Urban Qualities & Materials (co-teacher)
Pratt Institute, Fall 2019


Electives

Arch 3308/4509/6308/6509 — B.Arch / M.Arch Seminar: The Back Wall
Special Topics in Theory of Architecture / Visual Representation 
Cornell University, Fall 2024

Arch 3308/4509/6308/6509 — B.Arch / M.Arch Seminar: Cixed Mannerisms
Special Topics in Theory of Architecture / Visual Representation 
Cornell University, Fall 2023

Arch 4509/6509 — B.Arch / M.Arch Seminar: TrCnslating Elements
Special Topics in Visual Representation 
Cornell University, Fall 2022


Media + Methods

Arch 612 — M.Arch Mediums II: Advanced Modeling & Drawing
Pratt Institute, Spring 2023

Arch 612 — M.Arch Mediums II: Advanced Modeling & Drawing
Pratt Institute, Spring 2022

Arch 611 — M.Arch Mediums I: Modeling & Drawing
Pratt Institute, Fall 2021 


Independent Study / Thesis

Arch 3397 — B.Arch Independent Study: Cute Construction
Special Investigations in Theory of Architecture
Cornell University, Spring 2025

Arch 5902 — B.Arch Independent Design Thesis
Cornell University, Spring 2025

Arch 5902 — B.Arch Independent Design Thesis
Cornell University, Fall 2024

Arch 5902 — B.Arch Independent Design Thesis
Cornell University, Spring 2024

Arch 5902 — B.Arch Independent Design Thesis
Cornell University, Fall 2023

Arch 5902 — B.Arch Independent Design Thesis
Cornell University, Fall 2022


Summer Programs

ARCH 1110 — B.Arch Introduction to Architecture
Cornell University, Summer 2024 

XT 601 — M.Arch Introduction to Architectural Mediums: Cabinet of Curiosities
Pratt Institute, Summer 2024

XT 601 — M.Arch Introduction to Architectural Mediums: Cabinet of Curiosities
Pratt Institute, Summer 2022

XT 601 — M.Arch Introduction to Architectural Mediums: Patent Pending
Pratt Institute, Summer 2021