Constance C. Bodurow, Assoc. AIA, AICP
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Educational background
Positions held in academic institutions
Courses taught in the past two years
Positions held in design practice
Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations
Funded Research
Awards
Professional Licenses, Memberships and Service
Professional Development
Educational background
Masters of Science in Architecture Studies & Masters of City Planning, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture + Urban Planning, 1988-1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, Michigan State University, College of Arts and Letters, Industrial Design Program, 1977-1981
Urban Design Program, Syracuse University, School of Architecture, Firenze, Italia, 1980
Positions held in academic institutions
Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, August 2008-Present
College Professor, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, August 2007-May 2008
Adjunct/Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Sept 2003-May 2007
Acting Chair, Masters of Community Development Program, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Sept 2005-Sept 2006
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography + Urban Planning, Wayne State University, January-May 2006
Assistant Professor|Faculty of Record, Wydzial Architektury Politechniki Warszawskiej International Exchange Program, Warsaw Poland, January-June 2004
Exchange Faculty/Member of the Executive Committee, National Cheng Kung University
Boston|Tainan Cultural Exchange: The Essence of Place, Tainan Taiwan, 1997-1998
Courses taught in the past two years
IDS3 Studio
IDS3 Detroit Studio
Directed Study: Principles and Practices of Urban Design
IDS4 Studio
IDS4 Detroit Studio
Graduate Seminar: Urban Design Policy + Implementation
Positions held in design practice
Founding Principal, Design Equity, Urban Design + Planning, Detroit, MI, 2003-Present
Founding Executive Director, Motorcities National Heritage Area, Detroit, MI, 2000-2003
Manager of Urban Design and Planning, A Better City, Boston MA, 1999-2000
Senior Urban Designer, Wallace Floyd Associates, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 1997-1999
Urban Designer/Project Manager, Goody Clancy & Associates, Inc., Boston, MA, 1995-1997
Urban Designer/Project Manager, Icon Architecture, Inc., Boston, MA, 1990-1995
Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations
1. Bodurow, Constance C., et al, City of Worth : Value Densification Community pilot project (VDCpp), proceeding of
"Seeking the City: Visionaries on the Margins" 96th ACSA Annual meeting March 27-30, 2008, Houston, TX
2. Re: designing Detroit: Theory and Practice, Critical Studies/Humanities Series 2007-2008, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, MI, 14 Nov 2007
3. UDM MCD Faculty Research Grant Presentation, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, 12 Nov 2007
4. Kent State University Forum on the City: Rotterdam, Panel Member, Palazzo Cerchi, Firenze, Italia, 27 Oct 2007
5. Bodurow, Constance C., et al, Assuming Responsibility: The Architecture of Stewardship: Value Densification
Community Pilot Project (VDCpp), Bodurow, C., et. al., Proceedings of the 2007 ACSA Southeast Regional Conference,
The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, 11-13 Oct 2007
6. Bodurow, Constance C., et al, VDCpp Methodology, Bodurow, C., et. al., Proceedings of the American Collegiate Schools
of Architecture (ACSA) Central Regional Conference, 19-21 Oct, 2007, University of Waterloo, Cambridge, ON, CA,
pp 4-3 to 4-29
7. Bodurow, Constance C., et al, Tools for Designing the City: Value Densification Community Pilot Project (VDCpp),
Bodurow, C., et. al., Urban Design Track of the 48th Annual ACSP 2007 Conference, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Oct 2007
8. Bodurow, Constance C., D IND DEV: Industrial Spatial Logic and the Transformation of the City, Reconciliation|Remediation:
Post-Industrial Transformation, Proceedings of the 2006 ACSA West Central East Central Fall Conference, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 20-22 Oct 2006
9. Bodurow, Constance C. and Martin-Moreno, Enrique C., Terrain Vague: Form/Informality: Mexico City, Mexico + Detroit, MI, USA,
Proceedings of the 2006 ACSA West Conference, Surfacing Urbanisms: recent approaches to metropolitan design, Woodbury
University, Pasadena, CA, 12-15 Oct 2006
10. Bodurow, Constance C., Detroit Industrial Development: The Spatial Logic + Implications of 100 years of Manufacturing,
Infrastructure, + Urban Development, University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Planning, March 2006
11. Studio Advisor to Charles Waldheim and Hettie Pisters, AHO School of Architecture, Oslo, Norway, Post Fordist Public Works:
Landscape Urbanism and Detroit, Winter 2006
12. Bodurow, Constance C., Detroit Design Ethic: the role of patronage, race, and revolution in the creation, destruction, and
rebuilding of a region, Proceedings of the ACSA Southeast Regional Conference, Clemson University, October 2005
13. Conference Moderator, Experimentation and Intervening in the Urban Context III Introduction, Proceedings of the 2005
ACSA Central Regional Conference, University of Detroit Mercy / Lawrence Technological University, 6-9 Oct 2005
14. Bodurow, Constance C., The Art and Science of the Civic Realm: Urbanism + Planning: Rediscovery and Reuse:
A Vehicle for Preserving + Interpreting our Recent Industrial Heritage, Proceedings of the 93rd ACSA Annual Meeting:
The Art of Architecture/The Science of Architecture, Chicago, IL, 3-6 March 2005
15. Bodurow, Constance C., A Vehicle for Preserving our Recent Industrial Heritage, published in the George Wright Society
Journal, June 2003;
Funded Research
1. Value Densification Community Mapping Project (VDCmp), Detroit, MI, Winter 2007-current
Funded by AIA 2008 Research Grant and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Pilot Project in 2007 partially funded by the UDM MCD Program
Creation of a free-ware Digital Interface to map community assets and measure physical and social density and empower
the community to envision their environmental, social and economic future.. In conjunction with the Southwest Detroit
Development Collaborative (SDDC) a consortium of 19 community development organizations.
Research Partners: Alan Hoback, UDM (2007-current ) and Tomasz Lechowski WAPW (2007)
Research Assistants: Jordan Martin (2008-current ); Eli Kafer, Agata Sander, Anna Twarogowska (2007)
2. NOLA Field Studio, New Orleans, LA, Winter 2006-present
Working with architecture students and restoration professionals to provide affordable architectural and site design
services to NOLA residents post-Katrina
In partnership with Turner Restoration, Detroit, Michigan and NOLA Preservation Resource Center
Awards
1. AIA National Research Grant for Value Densification Community Mapping Project
2. Eco-Village Student Design Competition, Detroit, MI, Student Awards: First Place (Graham Spittal + Jason Pillon),
+ Honorable Mention (Jordan Martin)
3. 2002 APA-Michigan Outstanding Planning Project - MotorCities-ANHA General Management Plan
4. 2002 ASLA-Michigan Outstanding Project - MotorCities-ANHA General Management Plan
5. 2000 BSA Certificate of Appreciation and Admiration - Seaport Focus Team
6. 2000 APA Award for Excellence National Planning Awards Committee, Juror
7. 1999 AIA National Component Excellence Award: A Shared Vision for the Seaport, BSA
8. 1997 BSA Urban Design Excellence Award: Plan for the Freedom Trail
9. 1995 National Waterfront Center Design Excellence Award Development Plan for the Fore River Staging Area
10. 1995 BSA Urban Design Excellence Award Back to the Beaches! Plan for the Future of Boston Harbor Beaches
11. 1992 APA Comprehensive Planning Project of the Year Plan for the Lackawanna Heritage Valley
Professional Licenses, Memberships and Service
1. American Institute of Certified Planners, registration no. 10556
2. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
3. National Advisory Group Member AIA Regional + Urban Design Committee (AIA RUDC), Sept 2006-current (five year appointment)
4. Associate Member American Institute of Architects + Local Components: Detroit, Michigan and Boston Society of Architects
5. American Planning Association + Michigan and Massachusetts Chapters
6. LTU CoAD Dual Masters (M.Arch|MURP) Development Committee, 2007-present
7. LTU CoAD Masters of Urban Design Curriculum Committee, 2007-present
8. Founding Chair, Masters of Community Development Program, 2005-2006
9. UDM SOA Curriculum Committee Masters of Community Development Program (interdisciplinary) 2005-current
10. UDM SOA Service Learning Faculty Development Project, 2006
11. UDM SOA International Programs Selection Committee
12. UDM SOA Student Honor Code Committee
13. American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Paper Reviewer, ACSA 94th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Spring 2006
14. Mentor, AIA Michigan Architecture School Mentoring Program, 2003-present
Professional Development (meetings/conferences attended, continuing education courses, etc., in the last five years)
1. Team Member, AIA SDAT, NEMCOG North Eastern Michigan, Summer 2006
2. Team Leader, AIA/RUDC Rebuilding Neighborhoods Charrette, New Orleans, LA, Spring 2006
3. National Trust for Historic Preservation / Preservation Resource Center (PRC) Field Inspector, "Operation Comeback" Program,
New Orleans, LA, Spring 2006
4. Leadership Detroit: Member of LD XXIII class, sponsored by the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce