University Bio - Charles Cross
Charles Cross
Senior Landscape Designer
Adjunct Professor
Contact Info:
Campus: McNichols Campus
Building: Warren Loranger Architecture Building
Room: Detroit Collaborative Design Center
Phone: 313-993-1037
Email: crossca@udmercy.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Site Analysis and Design
Landscape Architecture
Urban Design
Urban Agriculture
Degrees
- Master of Urban Design, The City College of New York
- Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, The City College of New York
- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Western Michigan University
Biography
Charles Cross, is a Senior Landscape Designer at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center as well as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. 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. He is the recipient of the 2018 Fulbright-Hays Award.