CCS Facilities
The CCS campus totals 16 acres, with approximately 225,000 square feet of instruction space. Providing top-notch facilities is a high priority at CCS. The new A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education houses the Advertising Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Product Design and Transportation Design undergraduate departments as well as the Graduate programs in Design and Transportation Design. The building also houses the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies, an art and design middle school and high school, a conference center, a full service cafeteria and loft-style dorms. The classrooms in the Taubman Center were created to be flexible and open to change. The building is a state-of-the-art wireless communications facility and has a clay modeling studio with a spray booth, and a rapid prototyping machine.
The Walter B. Ford II Building is a state-of-the art facility wired with a single digital network to carry voice, data, and video. The building houses high-tech flexible classrooms incorporating both traditional and computer workstations and a 250-seat auditorium equipped with the capacity to project digital images and sound. In addition, the building also provides space on each floor for the exhibition of student work.
The CCS computer labs (containing more than 555 workstations), wood shop, metal shop, and foundry are open to students in all departments. CCS is the only school in Michigan with a hot glass studio and a foundry that pours iron (in addition to bronze and aluminum). The art library is also a great resource.
Buildings
Following are descriptions of facilities within each campus building.
The A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education houses the Advertising Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Product Design and Transportation Design undergraduate departments. It also houses the Graduate programs in Design and Transportation Design, Academic Affairs, Academic Technologies, the Community Arts Partnerships Office, the Continuing Eduction Office, loft-style dorms, a full service cafeteria and a conference center.
Campus Safety and Security
313.664.1444 (1st Floor)
The Campus Safety staff routinely patrols campus grounds and parking lots. They are available to escort students between buildings and to and from their cars. Campus Safety also houses lost and found items. In addition, a shuttle service is available to shuttle students home from campus, provided they live in the area adjacent to CCS.
Colors and Material Library
Located at the Taubman Center campus, the Color & Materials Library is a unique resource that is a combination of a traditional library and a materials research lab.
The materials collection consists of over 1000 reference samples of textiles, metals, plastics, wood, bamboo, cork, glass, paper, and color swatches. The purpose of the materials library is to inspire creativity as well as to introduce students to both new and traditional materials and the companies that produce them.
The collection of books and magazines has a strong focus on product design, materials, graphic design, interior design, advertising, transportation design, architecture, and fashion. Books may be borrowed for two weeks, but magazines are for use in the library only.
Contact the Color & Materials Library at 313-664-1638.
The Art Centre Building provides students with convenient, spacious housing and a Fitness Room. The building also houses Student Life, and Business offices, as well as Counseling Services, the Cashier, a 24-hour Computer lab and the Mailroom. An ATM is also located here.
Access beyond the ACB lobby is restricted to residents of the ACB and their guests – CCS ID is required. Guests must sign in and out and leave a valid photo ID at the front desk. Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed in the ACB without parent or guardian accompanyment.
Cashier
313.664.7435 (Ground Floor)
Students can make tuition and housing payments, purchase stamps, pay bookstore accounts, parking and library fines, and pick up Work-Study and refund checks at the Cashier window. To enter the ACB, students must present their CCS ID. Students must also present CCS ID to the cashier when picking up checks.
Mailroom
313.664.7646 (Ground Floor)
The mailroom offers students a variety of shipping services, including US Postal Service, Priority Mail, Federal Express, and UPS delivery. ACB residents can also pick up their packages here.
Fitness Room
The ACB's Fitness Room provides students, faculty, and staff with workout equipment, weight machines, and free weights. Use at your own risk. CCS assumes no liability for any injuries resulting from the use of this equipment. Please direct equipment repair requests and suggestions to the Office of Student Life.
ATM
Withdrawals can be made for a service fee of $1.50 — participating banks may also charge a fee. Most nationwide bankcards are accepted.
The Fritz building houses Human Resources and Institutional Advancement..
The historic ADM Building houses the Admissions, Career Services, Executive Offices, and International Student Services.
The Kresge-Ford Building houses Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Photography and Art Education, in addition to the cafeteria, bookstore and Student Success Center.
Bookstore
313.664.7443
The bookstore sells art supplies, textbooks, magazines, CCS merchandise, and snacks.
Cafeteria
313.664.7684
The cafeteria offers breakfast, lunch and dinner service. It features a variety of hot and cold entrees and side dishes. Menu changes daily.
Campus Safety and Security
313.664.7444 (1st Floor)
The Campus Safety staff routinely patrols campus grounds and parking lots. They are available to escort students between buildings and to and from their cars. Campus Safety also houses lost and found items. In addition a shuttle service is available to shuttle students home from campus, provided they live in the area adjacent to CCS.
Metal Shop and Foundry
313.664.5007 (1st Floor)
The Metal Shop and Foundry are open to currently enrolled students who have passed the corresponding Materials and Process class. Experienced technicians are available to assist students in the shop.
U245 Student Gallery
313.664.7800
The U245 Student Gallery offers exhibition space for students from all departments. Selection is competitive, based on submitted proposal and slides, and juried by the Student Gallery Manager and Exhibition Committee. The gallery showcases between eight and ten exhibitions per year.
Wood Shop
313.664.5018 (1st Floor)
The Wood Shop is open to all currently enrolled students who have passed the corresponding Materials and Process class. Experienced technicians are available to assist students working in the shop.
The Manoogian Visual Resouce Center houses Center Galleries, the library, and a multipurpose student activity room.
Center Galleries
313.664.7800
Center Galleries reflects the diversity of CCS through featured exhibitions by national and regional artists — including CCS faculty and alumni — who work in a variety of media, and embrace a wide spectrum of aesthetics. Their mission is to challenge convention and foster intellectual inquiry. Galleries are closed in August.
Library
The CCS Library contains over 40,000 books and over 250 periodicals supporting curriculum in art, design, and liberal arts. The library houses the College's slide collection of 90,000 visual art and design images, for use by both faculty and students. Internet access and word-processing software is available on public computers. The library also offers 64 subscription databases in addition to many instructional videos and DVDs.
Other library services include interlibrary loan, print and electronic course reserves, and course-specific instruction on library and online database use. The library also provides seven stations for viewing videos and DVDs, a large-format scanner, two black and white copy machines and a color copier.
Students and patrons can access their library records from the library's online catalog. The loan period is two weeks. Books can be renewed once if no holds have been placed. Overdue notices are sent to student's campus email addresses. If books are not returned or fines are unpaid by the end of the semester, student records will be placed on hold, the student will not receive grades or transcripts, and will not be allowed to register.
Food is not allowed in the library, although bottled drinks are permitted - no open cups or containers. Only pencil sketching is permitted. Cell phones should be turned off or placed on vibrate while in the library, and phone conversations should be conducted in the lobby. The CCS Library is a member of the Michigan Library Association, the Michigan Library Consortium, the Southeast Michigan League of Libraries, OCLC and the Visual Resources Association.
For more information, call 313.664.7642.
The Walter B. Ford II Building houses the Entertainment Arts, Foundation and Illustration departments, as well as the Imaging and Audiovisual Checkout Centers.
Imaging Center
313.664.7830
The Imaging Center is available to CCS students, faculty, and staff. The Center produces high-end, full-color, and mono-color printouts, along with eight-color, large-format posters. Services are up to 50 percent less than at other vendors and turn around time is often the same day. Students, faculty, and staff can also check out digital cameras, recorders, and drawing tablets at the Imaging Center.
Audiovisual Checkout Center
313.664.7647
Students can check out slide projectors, installation video projectors (CPJs), opaque projectors and overhead projectors from the Checkout Center. Equipment is for on-campus use only and can be used in-class or for presentations in CCS galleries. Students accept full responsibility for damaged or lost equipment.
The Yamasaki Building houses the Crafts Department, Financial Aid and Academic Advising and Registration.
Center Galleries
Center Galleries, with nearly 6,000 square feet of exhibition space, presents contemporary visual, literary, and performance art and design by national, local, and international artists.
Additional Services
Copy Machines
Coin-operated copy machines are located in the ACB lobby, the library and outside the Office of Campus Safety. Cost is ten cents per copy.
Lockers
Lockers are available to students on a first-come, first-served basis. To rent a locker, see the Cashier in the ACB. Locker rental fee is $20, five of which will be returned at the end of the year pending lock turn-in. If locks are not turned in, they will be removed, contents of the locker discarded, and $5 deposit forfeited. CCS is not liable for damage to locker contents.
For additional information or questions contact Kathy Covyeau at 313.664.7408 or email kcovyeau@collegeforcreativestudies.edu.
