- Overview
- Libraries
- Media Center
- Workshops and Labs
- Room List
- Scheduling Systems
- Research, Outreach, and Funding
- Detroit Community Design Center
- Detroit Community Partnership Center
- Engaging Community through the Classroom (MECC)
- MidMod
- MiSo House
- Research on the City Grant
- Research Through Making Grant
- Taubman College Research Administration
- The Metropolitan Accessibility Index
- Urban and Regional Research Collaborative
- Web Tools
- Writing
- Professional Organizations
Research, Outreach, and Funding
As the built environment increasingly shapes the human condition – and indeed the planetary condition – good design and planning make more sense to more people, both practically and theoretically, than ever before. Taubman College provides a rich setting for both individual and disciplinary response to this rising demand for design and planning of the built environment. Our mission is based on thoughtful agility. We seek to understand, interrogate and advance these related fields within the context of exciting new global geographies, technologies, and ethnographies, focusing on both the exalted and unsung aspects of everyday life. In pursuit of this ideal, the college offers a complementary array of degree programs and a dynamic mix of expertise, resources and events.
The University of Michigan is a major research university with a distinguished tradition in which technology plays a major role. Industrial production, respect for craft and a commitment to social ideals are deeply rooted in this region. The university has a remarkable range of academic units, among which interdisciplinary initiatives are encouraged and generously supported. For all these reasons, the college has long held the position that research, technology, and social justice are intrinsic to design.
