Lawrence Tech to create design mecca in Midtown, with help of $300,000 Kresge grant
By David Jesse Detroit Free Press Education Writer
Lawrence Technological University will use a $300,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to help it create a design center in Detroit’s Midtown area, the school announced Wednesday.
The LTU Center for Design + Technology will anchor a new commercial building at the corner of Woodward and Willis. The building is to open in fall 2014.
LTU’s College of Architecture and Design has four programs operating in the city:
› Detroit Studio, in the New Center area, has been providing design support for neighborhood and community-based projects in Detroit since 1999.
› detroitSHOP, a design studio, is in the renamed Chrysler House downtown.
› Studio Couture, a storefront exhibit space on Woodward, exhibits the work of LTU design students and artists in the Detroit region and national exhibitions.
› A satellite classroom in Ponyride, a design studio.
All will relocate into the new building.
“Having all LTU’s Detroit projects and academic programming under one roof will provide synergies that will make all of the programs stronger,” Amy Green Deines, associate dean of LTU’s College of Architecture and Design, said in a news release. “This new prominent location on Woodward Avenue will lead to more opportunities to engage organizations and groups that are working to rebuild and rejuvenate the city.”
The first phase of approximately 8,000 square feet will provide space for the four programs and Studio[ci], an LTU research lab that draws on the expertise of professional architects, urban designers and civil, mechanical and environmental engineers. A K-12 educational outreach program also will be implemented.
The second phase of about 6,000 square feet will provide space for other LTU programming.
Contact David Jesse: 313-222-8851or djesse@freepress.com
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