Tadd Heidgerken

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Contact Info:

Campus: McNichols Campus

Building: Architecture

Room: 000

Phone: Office: 313.578.0552 | Phone: 313.993.1532

Email: heidgetw@udmercy.edu

Foundations Design Studio

Adv. Graphic Design

Computer Graphics

Dichotomy Architectural Journal

Degrees

Master of Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Arts
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

Biography

Tadd Heidgerken is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and the coordinator of the second year foundational design studio. He teaches Advanced Graphic Design and Computer Graphics and is one of the faculty advisers for the Dichotomy Architectural Journal. Heidgerken creates environments that bring people closer together. He integrates techniques from a broad range of media to create experiences of intimacy and comfort. Heidgerken earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Detroit Mercy and a Master of Architecture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. A registered architect, Heidgerken is a Principal and founder of Et al. Collaborative, a Detroit-Brooklyn based architecture firm. He also teaches, lectures, and serves as a visiting critic at universities throughout Detroit, the United States, and internationally. In addition, he sits on the board of several Detroit-area cultural non-profit organizations.