Jacob Comerci

Managing Director of Academic Initiatives, Lecturer in Architecture, Director of Michigan Design Sessions
Teaching Areas
Architectural Design, Architectural Representation, Design Thinking, Early Design Education
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Office: 2150

Jacob Comerci is a designer and educator focused on pedagogical experimentation and the feedback loop between design, implementation, and evaluation. He is a Lecturer in Architecture and Managing Director of Academic Initiatives at Taubman College. There, he played an integral role in designing and implementing the college’s Visualization Lab (TVLab), Studio Reassembled, U-M Public Design Corps, and Michigan Design Sessions, a portfolio of pre-college and non-degree programs that he directs to expand access to design education for high school students, college students, and adults.

Comerci was the 2019–2020 William Muschenheim Design Fellow at the University of Michigan. He received a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois Chicago, and previously worked with Bureau Spectacular, MOS Architects, and LTL Architects.

Courses

ARCH 259, Section 2
Fall 2026
Instructors: Jacob Comerci
Orientation
ARCH 259, Section 1
Fall 2026
Instructors: Jacob Comerci
Orientation
ARCH 316, Section 1
Fall 2026
Instructors: McLain Clutter, Ana Morcillo Pallarés, Gina Reichert, Jacob Comerci
Theories & Methods I (Formerly Design Fundamentals I)
UD 732, Section 1
Fall 2025
Instructors: Jacob Comerci, Jose Sanchez
Urban Design Studio III
ARCH 672, Section 1
Fall 2025
Instructors: Perry Kulper, El Hadi Jazairy, Jacob Comerci, Julia McMorrough, Anya Sirota, Lars Gräbner, Wesley McGee
Architectural Design VII (2G3/3G6)
ARCH 432, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Jacob Comerci, Craig Borum, Olaia Chivite Amigo, Dawn Gilpin, Malcolm McCullough, Keith Mitnick, Cyrus Peñarroyo, Angela Cho, Francesca Mavaracchio
Architectural Design III (UG3)