GRADUATE STUDIO
ARCH 672 (2G3/3G6)  -  FALL 2022

COORDINATORS

Lars Gräbner 

PROFESSORS

The central topic and the common goal of the studio is to explore and to understand the systemic components in buildings and to understand their integral role in the process of architectural design. The integration of social and urban aspects as well as environmental and economic concerns make Housing an ideal architectural design challenge. In recent history more meaningful innovations and creative solutions have been produced in housing than in any other typology. The desire to provide for a good living environment for all on one hand and an architectural type which is constantly scrutinized on the other, fosters innovation and therefore resembles the ultimate architectural challenge.

Since 2016, the Systems Studio has established a fruitful and productive relationship with the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department (PDD). This collaboration evolved into an exchange of ideas and feedback between students and staff, and resulted in meaningful solutions and proposals for city-owned parcels. The studio has the capacity to generate impulses for urban, social and economic development through new ideas and projects, especially in housing.

Under the guiding theme of “A CITY FOR ALL”, the teams create ideas and innovative concepts and demonstrate how housing can contribute to the social and economical restructuring process of the city.