In the Spring of 2014, Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) and College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) launched design/REbuild, an undergraduate-level design-build studio for reclaiming abandoned housing in Cleveland. Design/REbuild complements the CUDC’s work on the Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland initiative, a project that has become a national model for the strategic reuse and reclamation of vacant urban land. This project will build on on-going efforts to reclaim vacant land in the city and explore new approaches for reinventing vacant housing. In order to truly “re-imagine” Cleveland, we need to think about the city’s existing housing stock, not just its vacant land.

Project Partners

  • KSU College of Architecture & Environmental Design’s Architecture, Interior Design, and Construction Management programs

  • Cuyahoga County Land Bank

  • VIP Restoration Inc.

  • St. Clair Superior Development Corporation

  • Chris Maurer / Redhouse Studio LLC

  • Helen Liggett

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design / REbuild

The publication documents the design / REbuild studio, illustrating the design and construction work and sharing insights into the process that brought the project to life.

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