Dr. Emily Kutil

Biography

Emily Kutil is a Detroit-based designer, researcher, and educator. She currently serves as a lecturer in Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and as the 2022-2023 Brown-Forman Visiting Chair in Urban Design at the University of Kentucky College of Design. Her research focuses on the interconnections between social, material, and power structures that shape our world. Emily employs a variety of mediums including drawings, publications, installations, models, and story-machines to explore collective and interdisciplinary processes. She is a co-founder of the People Detroit Community Research Collective, working alongside community activists, academics, and designers to map the geographies of austerity in Detroit. Notably, she led the project Black Bottom Street View, which provides an immersive representation of a historic Detroit neighborhood that was destroyed through urban renewal initiatives. Her efforts have garnered recognition, including the Great Places Award and the Place Art 2022 Knight Arts Challenge Grant. Currently, her research includes a collaborative analysis of misconduct within the Detroit Police Department and investigations into the entanglements of Great Lakes water, energy infrastructures, and systems of power. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at Lawrence Technological University and a Reyner Banham Fellow at the University at Buffalo. Emily holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Architecture with High Distinction and a Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Michigan.

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