UT 360 Service Design and Urban Needs 3

Fourth Spaces

Aakash Narayan, Jenna Li, My Dao, Odiso Obiora, Sibora Berisha, Siya Shah, Urja Kaushik and Yichen Hu
In this Urban Technology studio (UT 360), juniors engaged in an innovative collaboration with Let’s Grow Michigan and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to unveil projects that featured service concepts to ease and enhance the “onboarding experience” of new Michiganders. The outputs of the course were three design concepts that proposed new ways in which Michigan might tout cultural heritage diversity, better use disused spaces in towns and cities and celebrate the unique qualities of its midsized cities. The goal of Fourth Spaces is to enhance the utilization of space across Michigan, beginning with local businesses in Ann Arbor, by…