Dr. Antje Steinmuller

Biography

Antje Steinmuller is a Chair of Architecture and a Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. She is an architectural designer and urbanist recognized for her research into alternative collective forms of housing. Before joining Taubman College in 2024, she was the Chair of Undergraduate Architecture at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and co-directed the Urban Works Agency, CCA’s urbanism research lab. As a co-founder of ideal X, a collaborative practice, she focused on the intersections of public and urban space activation, urban research, public art, design, and architecture. Her work investigates the role of designers at the intersection of citizen-led and city-regulated processes in the production of urban space. Her current research explores new typologies of urban commons, collective living arrangements, and the role of architecture in relation to the ongoing housing crisis. Together with Neeraj Bhatia, she authored the influential policy white paper "Learning Collective Living: Overview Live Together", which contributed to changes in San Francisco’s Group Housing legislation in 2022. Steinmuller has published extensively, with recent works including chapters in books and articles in professional journals. She has received multiple awards for her contributions to architectural education and her work has been exhibited in prominent venues including the Venice Biennale of Architecture and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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