Allen Gillers designs playfully transgressive, accessible civic engagements, with an eye towards the fluorescent and absurd. Gillers received an M.Arch. from University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and a B.A. in architecture from Columbia University. He is currently an inaugural Michigan- Mellon Design Fellow at the University of Michigan, and is working at a variety of scales to recalibrate the architect’s role in Detroit’s urban revitalization , as an agent of equitable and mischievous design for change.
University of Michigan, Detroit, MI, US, Michigan-Mellon Design Fellow
Design Research and Teaching Fellow :
- Michigan-Mellon Project on Egalitarianism and the Metropolis
- Architecture Prep Studio
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Teaching Assistant
Provided teaching assistance to Assistant Professor Anya Sirota
Lille Design For Change, Graduate Propositions Studio
Flint Public Art Project, Flint, MI, US, Designer-in-Residence, Co-Director of Programs
Co-Directed the 2014 summer season of Flint Public Art Project's arts programming, including monthly art parades, and the annual Free City Festival which curated more than 50 projects from across the world and dispersed them throughout the carriage town district of Flint, MI for a 24 hour festival extravaganza. Additionally managed the architectural planning and permitting process of a small scale rehabilitation project aimed at transforming a dilapidated historic mortuary into an arts production and performance space.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Graduate Student Instructor
Ran discussion sections and wrote and graded exams and essays for Associate Professor Andrew Herscher's History of Architecture II undergraduate lecture course. [Winter semester 2013, Winter semester 2014
Akoaki, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Research Collaborator and Graduate Student Intern
Research, Project Management, Design and Fabrication for:
Pop it Up!
http://anyasirota.com/#popitup
Adore Me Wild
http://anyasirota.com/#adoremewild
My Love For You Burns All the Time
http://anyasirota.com/#myloveforyouburnsallthetime
Metropolitan Observatory for Digital Culture and Representation, Detroit, MI, US, Project Manager
Research, Project Management, Design and Fabrication for:
Imaging Detroit
http://www.modcar.org/imaging-detroit.html
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Graduate Student Instructor
Ran discussion sections and wrote and graded exams and essays for Assistant Professor Anca Trandafirescu's Understanding Architecture undergraduate lecture. [Fall Semester 2013]
Gary Paul Design Incorporated Consulting, New York, NY, US, Junior Architect
Project management for high end Single Family residential projects in New York, Martha's Vineyard, and Aspen, CO.
Brought a 6500 SF single family house in Aspen from SDs through permitting and CDs.
Viridian Energy & Environmental, New York, NY, US, Sustainable Building Analyst
Managed the LEED certification process for a range of high profile government, public and private development projects in New York City and throughout the country, including the World Trade Center Memorial projects, Museum Pavilion and transportation hub.
Handled construction administration responsibilities including consultant coordination, submittal reviews, and basic project sequencing related to documenting sustainable practices for LEED submission.
DERBY Architecture Student Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Gaylord A. and Roberta C. Watts Scholar, Scholarship
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Nomination
Taubman Scholar, Scholarship
