Ronit
Eisenbach
Wladeck Fuchs
Julie Kim
Stephen LaGrassa
Joe Ododerfer
Allegra Pitera
Stephen Vogel, FAIA
Will Wittig
Dan
Pitera is a political and social activist masquerading as an architect. He
is presently the Executive Director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center
at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. With the view that
“design” is an essential force in establishing human relations,
the Design Center is dedicated to fostering university and community partnerships
that create inspired and sustainable neighborhoods and spaces for all people.
The sustainability and regeneration of any neighborhood lies in the hands
of its residents. Thus, the Design Center provides not only design services
but also empowers residents to facilitate their own process of urban regeneration.
Mr. Pitera has recently returned from a year-long sabbatical where he was
the 2004-2005 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. He was a finalist for the
2006-2007 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City. Under his direction,
the Design Center has won the Grand Award in the first annual national 2002
NCARB Prize and was included in the international exhibit/conference ArchiLab
2004 and 2001 in Orleans, France. The Design Center has also been the recipient
of the 2002 Dedalo Minosse International Prize. In the past year the work
of the Design Center was published or exhibited in six countries. In 1998,
Mr. Pitera was the Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska.
He has lectured and taught extensively throughout the North America, South
America, and Europe. He likes “fallout shelter” yellow…
Joseph
Odoerfer has recently joined the Detroit Collaborative Design Center’s
staff as an architectural advisor. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture
and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Detroit, where he
was awarded the American Institute of Architects School Medal and the Henry
Adams Certificate of Merit. His areas of focus are architectural design, building
technology, and code issues in architecture. He has been a license architect
in the State of Michigan since 1981. He has worked as an architectural designer
and project architect for a number of architectural firms, including Schervish,Vogel,
Merz, P.C. Architects/Landscape Architects in Detroit, Smith Hinchman &
Grylls, Associates, Architects, Engineers & Planners, also in Detroit, Bertram
Burton & Assoicates Architects in Denver and JPRA Architects & Planners
in Farmington Hills. He also has worked as a technical writer for the U.S. Department
of Commerce in Rockville, Maryland producing the NOAA Facilities Engineering
Handbook. Most recently he was an officer in the firm of Harold H. Fisher &
Associates, Architects for three years. While at the Design Center, he has served
as an architectural advisor on a variety of projects, including the Early Learning
Center in Ann Arbor, the Jesuit Conference Center in Washington D.C., the Heidelberg
Project House in Detroit, and the Russel Woods Sullivan Jazz Pavilion also in
Detroit.
Dan
Pitera is a political and social activist masquerading as an architect. He
is presently the Executive Director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center
at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. With the view that
“design” is an essential force in establishing human relations,
the Design Center is dedicated to fostering university and community partnerships
that create inspired and sustainable neighborhoods and spaces for all people.
The sustainability and regeneration of any neighborhood lies in the hands
of its residents. Thus, the Design Center provides not only design services
but also empowers residents to facilitate their own process of urban regeneration.
Mr. Pitera has recently returned from a year-long sabbatical where he was
the 2004-2005 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. He was a finalist for the
2006-2007 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City. Under his direction,
the Design Center has won the Grand Award in the first annual national 2002
NCARB Prize and was included in the international exhibit/conference ArchiLab
2004 and 2001 in Orleans, France. The Design Center has also been the recipient
of the 2002 Dedalo Minosse International Prize. In the past year the work
of the Design Center was published or exhibited in six countries. In 1998,
Mr. Pitera was the Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska.
He has lectured and taught extensively throughout the North America, South
America, and Europe. He likes “fallout shelter” yellow…
As
the design/build coordinator with the Design Center, Brandon is always busy
building or seeking to build something whether it is for the Design Center,
the School of Architecture or his own personal projects. Brandon has an abundance
of experience with construction and can perform the work of just about any trade.
He also has worked for several design firms, large and small and has come to
believe architecture is about many things, not just physical space. He seeks
to unify the collective architectural design and construction experience and
inspire the people that engage in it.
Dan
Pitera is a political and social activist masquerading as an architect. He
is presently the Executive Director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center
at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. With the view that
“design” is an essential force in establishing human relations,
the Design Center is dedicated to fostering university and community partnerships
that create inspired and sustainable neighborhoods and spaces for all people.
The sustainability and regeneration of any neighborhood lies in the hands
of its residents. Thus, the Design Center provides not only design services
but also empowers residents to facilitate their own process of urban regeneration.
Mr. Pitera has recently returned from a year-long sabbatical where he was
the 2004-2005 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. He was a finalist for the
2006-2007 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City. Under his direction,
the Design Center has won the Grand Award in the first annual national 2002
NCARB Prize and was included in the international exhibit/conference ArchiLab
2004 and 2001 in Orleans, France. The Design Center has also been the recipient
of the 2002 Dedalo Minosse International Prize. In the past year the work
of the Design Center was published or exhibited in six countries. In 1998,
Mr. Pitera was the Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska.
He has lectured and taught extensively throughout the North America, South
America, and Europe. He likes “fallout shelter” yellow…
Dan
Pitera is a political and social activist masquerading as an architect. He
is presently the Executive Director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center
at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. With the view that
“design” is an essential force in establishing human relations,
the Design Center is dedicated to fostering university and community partnerships
that create inspired and sustainable neighborhoods and spaces for all people.
The sustainability and regeneration of any neighborhood lies in the hands
of its residents. Thus, the Design Center provides not only design services
but also empowers residents to facilitate their own process of urban regeneration.
Mr. Pitera has recently returned from a year-long sabbatical where he was
the 2004-2005 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. He was a finalist for the
2006-2007 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City. Under his direction,
the Design Center has won the Grand Award in the first annual national 2002
NCARB Prize and was included in the international exhibit/conference ArchiLab
2004 and 2001 in Orleans, France. The Design Center has also been the recipient
of the 2002 Dedalo Minosse International Prize. In the past year the work
of the Design Center was published or exhibited in six countries. In 1998,
Mr. Pitera was the Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska.
He has lectured and taught extensively throughout the North America, South
America, and Europe. He likes “fallout shelter” yellow…
University
of Detroit Mercy
Jessica Phillips
Brittany Des Rocher
Tony Giacco
Krista Wilson
Workstudy
Brittany Des Rocher
Tony Giacco
Pinky McDuell
Shannon Sommer
Virginia
Stanard joined the Design Center in July 2006. She received a Bachelor or Science
degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture
and Master of Urban Design from the University of Michigan. Her areas of interests
include urban design and community development through the participatory design
process. While at the Design Center, she has worked on the 48217 Neighborhood
Plan, the Conant-Mt. Elliot Neighborhood Plan, the Schematic Design for Dingeman
Park, and the Woodbridge Neighborhood - NW Triangle Neighborhood Plan. She is
interested in developing imaginative yet viable possibilities for rethinking
conventional processes of design, planning, and policy in Detroit.
