Claudia Wigger

Lecturer
Teaching Areas
Architectural and Urban Design, Construction, Housing
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Office: 3180

Claudia Wigger is a lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, which she joined in 2011. She currently teaches core technical courses in construction, design studios, and seminars exploring issues of urban density. Her research focuses on high-density housing and intense mixed-use developments. She has received the 2021 Donna M. Salzer Award for Teaching Excellence, awarded by the graduating master’s class.

Claudia has 20 years of experience as a licensed architect through collaborations and international consulting, such as Foster and Partners and Sauerbruch Hutton, both in Berlin; RAD in Hong Kong; and Hamilton Anderson Associates in Detroit. Her professional experience bridges small-scale interior projects and large-scale mixed-use buildings and urban master plans. In 2008, Wigger co-founded ICE—ideas for contemporary environments, an architectural practice based in Detroit, Hong Kong, and Berlin. ICE’s design work has been featured in various international design publications, exhibitions, and digital media.

Claudia Wigger holds a master’s degree (Dipl.-Ing.) from Technical University Berlin.

Projects

Architecture, Sep 24, 2023

Courses

ARCH 562, Section 1
Winter 2025
Instructors: Sharon Haar, Craig Borum, Gabriel Cuéllar, Lars Gräbner, Claudia Wigger, Kit McCullough, Laura Marie Peterson, Adam Smith, Christina Hansen
ARCH 506, Section 8
Winter 2025
Instructors: Claudia Wigger
UD 732, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: El Hadi Jazairy, María Arquero de Alarcón, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 672, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Perry Kulper, María Arquero de Alarcón, El Hadi Jazairy, Ryan Ball, Claudia Wigger, Lars Gräbner, Geoffrey Thün, Jose Sanchez
ARCH 417, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger, Jonathan Rule
ARCH 317, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger, Jonathan Rule
ARCH 509, Section 1
Winter 2024
Instructors: Claudia Wigger
ARCH 562, Section 1
Winter 2024
Instructors: Sharon Haar, Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger, Christina Hansen, Gabriel Cuéllar, Laura Marie Peterson, Kit McCullough, Jonathan Rule
ARCH 672
Fall 2020
Instructors: Sharon Haar, Christina Hansen, Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger, Kathy Velikov, Jonathan Rule, Kit McCullough, Ellie Abrons, Meredith Miller
ARCH 317
Fall 2021
Instructors: Craig Borum, Jonathan Rule, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 672
Fall 2021
Instructors: Lars Gräbner, Ellie Abrons, Craig Borum, Christina Hansen, Kit McCullough, Meredith Miller, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 509, Section 1
Spring 2021
Instructors: Claudia Wigger
ARCH 509, Section 1
Winter 2022
Instructors: Claudia Wigger
ARCH 562
Winter 2022
Instructors: Robert Adams, Claudia Wigger, María Arquero de Alarcón, Sharon Haar, Geoffrey Thün, Jen Maigret, Adam Miller, Leah Wulfman
UD 722
Winter 2022
Instructors: María Arquero de Alarcón, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 317
Fall 2022
Instructors: Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 417
Fall 2022
Instructors: Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 672
Fall 2022
Instructors: Ellie Abrons, Craig Borum, Christina Hansen, Kit McCullough, Meredith Miller, Claudia Wigger, Laura Marie Peterson, Lisa Sauvé, John Wagner
ARCH 509, Section 1
Winter 2023
Instructors: Claudia Wigger
ARCH 562
Winter 2023
Instructors: Sharon Haar, Craig Borum, Lars Gräbner, Christina Hansen, Kit McCullough, Adam Miller, Laura Marie Peterson, Jonathan Rule, Kathy Velikov, Claudia Wigger
ARCH 317, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger, Jonathan Rule
ARCH 417, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Craig Borum, Claudia Wigger, Jonathan Rule
ARCH 672, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Lars Gräbner, Christina Hansen, María Arquero de Alarcón, Anya Sirota, Claudia Wigger, El Hadi Jazairy, Sharon Haar, Michael Kennedy, Perry Kulper, Stratton Coffman, Laura Marie Peterson