Charles Cross, ASLA, is the Director of Landscape and Urban Design at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture & Community Development. He serves as faculty advisor to the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students and as an advisor to students in the Master of Community Development program.
His work encompasses a wide range of park, green infrastructure, and community design projects that incorporate civic engagement and participatory design. Embracing the principles of social justice and sustainability, Cross maintains a firm belief that underserved communities deserve good design, and therefore should be the patrons powering a collaborative process—not just the consumers of the end product.
Cross holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Western Michigan University, a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture and a Master of Urban Design from the City College of New York. Cross is a 2018 Fulbright-Hays Fellow.
This lecture is possible because of the Simpson Fund.
