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TCAUP students receive 2 of 4 awards at the 2008 Detroit Eco-Village Student Competition

At a recent event at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), Taubman College graduate students Mary Martin, Aggie Drelich and Kwang Seok Oh received honors for their submissions to the 2008 Detroit Eco-Village Student Competition.

Sponsored by the City of Detroit and WARM Training Center, the ideas competition invited students to design a proto-typical, mixed-income development on a 5-acre site in Detroit’s Woodbridge neighborhood and was intended to generate fresh ideas for sustainable neighborhood design. One studio from each accredited school of architecture in Southeastern Michigan (University of Michigan, Lawrence Technological University and University of Detroit Mercy) participated in the competition. The participating studio from Taubman College was taught by Lecturer in Architecture Joel T. Schmidt.

Mary Martin, Aggie Drelich and Kwang Seok Oh received recognition and prizes for their projects entitled MMAD Housing and Mixed Greens.

MMAD Housing by Mary Martin and Aggie Drelich was singled-out by the jury’s chairman, Teddy Cruz of Estudio Teddy Cruz, San Diego, as exhibiting the most comprehensive vision for the eco-village. The jury commended the project’s integration of sustainable design principles across scales and was particularly fond of the team’s decision to arrange seasonal vegetable gardens and kitchens into a new public realm.

Mixed Greens by Kwang Seok Oh, was commended for its development of a dense, sustainable urban cluster. The jury especially appreciated the use of permeable surfaces in and around the complex and the strong, yet penetrable massing which accommodated passive and active solar design strategies.

These projects and those of other competition participants are on display at CAID throughout the summer. CAID is located in the Woodbridge Historic District three blocks west of the Wayne State University Campus. Visit http://www.thecaid.org for more information.

5/07/2008  Permanent link to this post.

Robinson’s Design for MUP/MUD Student Lounge Among AIA Award Winners

The American Institute of Architects Michigan presented plaques for architectural excellence to the owners and architects of 13 buildings at its annual Celebration of Architecture on May 2. Ninety-eight projects were entered in the competition and they were sent off to Omaha, Nebraska for judgement.

Two of the thirteen award winning designs come out of an architect/student collaboration. The lead architect for MUD/MUP Student Lounge at the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning in Ann Arbor is B. Neal Robinson, AIA. Students from both the architecture and urban planning program built the 400 square foot room out of reclaimed material using sustainable principles.

5/05/2008  Permanent link to this post.

U-M Reception at 2008 AIA Convention in Boston, May 16, 2008

Friday, May 16, 2008 (note new date)
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

at Cambridge Seven Associates, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617.492.7000

We the (Michigan) people will party with Peter Kuttner, FAIA, B.S.'73, M.Arch.'74, (recently dubbed "the People's Architect" by the Boston Globe). We will celebrate the achievements of new fellows Marc L'Italien, FAIA, B.S.'84 and Gordon R. Carrier, FAIA, B.S.'79, M.Arch'81.

4/23/2008  Permanent link to this post.

Ply Architecture's office highlighted on Dwell Daily

Associate Professor Craig Borum and Assistant Professor Karl Daubmann, principals of PLY Architecture, have their Kerrytown office addition written up on Dwell Daily/Dwell Blog.

4/21/2008  Permanent link to this post.

Graduate Students Partner with Young Detroit Builders

In the fall of 2007 five graduate students of architecture began building a collaborative partnership with Young Detroit Builders (YDB), a Youth Build program that prepares 16-24 year olds for their G.E.D. while providing job training through the rehabilitation and construction of affordable housing. This mutually beneficial relationship encourages community investment in the built environment while affording graduate students much needed hands on experience. As Taubman College students have tutored and helped YDB to establish a working computer lab with CAD software, they have also engaged participants and staff to collectively design and rebuild a small house. In the near future these graduate students hope to assist YDB during construction and to fabricate an interior partition with shelving and built-in storage capacities. Following the conclusion of this project, Taubman College students and YDB will work together to design and build a new house that will creatively integrate energy efficient strategies while promoting a positive social vision for the community. As this relationship continues to grow, more formal opportunities for broader student and institutional involvement may emerge in the coming year.

4/16/2008  Permanent link to this post.

William Glover at the Shaman Drum Bookshop

The release of William Glover's new book, "Making Lahore Modern: Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City," was celebrated at the Shaman Drum Bookshop on Tuesday, March 4 with a wine & cheese reception.
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2/20/2008  Permanent link to this post.

Global Suburbs Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

March 7-8, 2008

Global Suburbs seeks to examine global suburban development broadly to understand not only the past and present character of suburbia, but also with the hopes of understanding and guiding future development.

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2/10/2008  Permanent link to this post.