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The Clay Office and Conference Center
In 1981, Sharon McWhorter acquired the former Clay School building, located at 453 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in Detroit, and converted it into the Clay Office and Conference. Designed by J. B....
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South Oakland Shelter
In this studio, students often find themselves facing problems which, while urgent, are daunting in magnitude. In such situations, it becomes necessary for the student designer to ‘find a pressure...
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Walden Straights
With the Walden Straits project, student Ryan Grabow found a unique way of addressing a number of issues, as well as encouraging an entrepreneurial approach to Detroit’s underutilized housing stock....
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Cultivating Health
The project created by student Emilie (Naismith) Hoffman stands out for a number of reasons, most specifically for her recognition and creation of synergies: between environmental and social issues,...
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Rewired = Rethink Education
Craig Necci’s project ‘Rewired = Rethink Education’ is an example of a scalable response to a large and frankly, daunting, set of issues. Craig’s initial investigations were spurred by rampant media...
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Activist Studio 2012: At the Midpoint
The students in this year’s studio will be taking a well-earned spring break this week. They have all identified situations to which they will be responding, and the range of intervention types...
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Emily Pilloton visits Activist Studio
Emily Pilloton, of Project H Design, met with this year’s Activist Studio students following her lecture at Lawrence Technological University on March 22, 2012. Emily Pilloton with students Alonda...
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The End of Another Successful Semester
Activist Design: kid tested and approved. On the evening of Tuesday, May 8, we celebrated the end of another semester of the Activist Design Studio. This year’s students presented their final...
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Welcome to the 21st Century……
The Activist Architecture and Design Studio is now on Facebook, where visitors can look forward to updates and posts from studio students and alumni. Like us at: https://www.facebook.com/activistarchltu
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Activist Architecture overseas
After a bit of a hiatus, we’re looking to gear this blog back up…… The big news over the summer is that I presented a paper about the Activist Architecture studio at the 2012 ACSA International...
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Off and Running
The new semester of the Activist Architecture and Design studio is well underway. This year’s group of students are engaging a number of non-profits and local heroes while undertaking projects dealing...
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Recreate to Re-Create Lives: A Recreation Link
Student Erica Muldoon sought to work with a local nonprofit who strives to help “heal Michigan’s victimized girls and women with best-practice treatment programs designed to meet their unique needs...
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Designing for Autism
Awareness of various forms of autism has increased in recent years, but the impacts of the built environment on those with this affliction – particularly children – is not frequently addressed in...
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End of another semester…..for some.
Student John Galwaa meets with Wayne Curtis of Feedom Freedom Growers Last month brought the end of the semester, and another evening of sharing between the students and several guests, including LTU...
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GO EAST Welcome Center
Each year the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood holds their ‘Jazzin’ on Jefferson’ Festival, a two-day celebration of music and community. This year, with the support of the Jefferson East Business...
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Feedom Freedom Growers
Food accessibility, quality, and quantity in Detroit is often a topic of student interest in this studio. They are frequently concerned about alarming reports of obesity and poor public health in the...
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The Ten Friends Diner
(post co-authored with Julia Jovanovic) Through her research, student Julia Jovanovic discovered that in Canada one in five individuals has, is or will suffer a mental health problem. It equates to 15%...
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Courtesy of students Chris Clanton and Stephanie Kortman, instruction manuals are available here for do it yourself water catchment, raised planting beds, and compost bins.#2016 rain catchment...
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Ten Years of Standing in the Gap
Guests at the AAD Studio reception August 25, 2017 (all photos: Ed Serecky) In the month of August 2017, a ten-year retrospective of the Activist Architecture and Design studio was featured at Lawrence...
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The Game of Life
Game of Life mapping by Simon Rucinski and Trevor Garland Introduced in the fall of 2016 by lab instructor Michael Styczynski, and carried forward by Professor Orlowski, the Game of Life assignment...
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