Tyler Spitzer-Wu


// University of Michigan
// B.S. Urban Technology
// Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
// Minors in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship
// Class of 2027

I am interested in the use of technology in the built environment to improve the quality of life of those who interact with it. I am fascinated with cities as centers of innovation, culture, and economy with unparalleled vitality. I aspire to use my programming skills, design intuition, and entrepreneurial attitude as a practitioner creating positive and meaningful change within and between cities and communities.


tylersw@umich.edu
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FOR CEDAR

Other Work

(Extra)curricular
2023 - 2025

Tattoo Design


This is a tattoo design inspired by my mom and the family that she built. I incorporated our family name (吳) and three apples to represent each of her children.


// Adobe Illustrator
// visual storytelling
Advanced Media Arts
APR 2023






Music Production


I have always had a passion for music, having played both the saxophone and the piano as a child. I made these two instrumentals on FL Studio.


// FL Studio
// sound design, music theory
Independent
2023-2024


Why Cities?


Because cities are where humans are best able to use our collective intelligence to learn more about ourselves and the world, and create systems and items that make life better. Learning to live in cities is liberating-- people are pushed to develop individuality and become less self-conscious, allowing them to achieve their ful potential. Any dreams or aspirations can be reached with the human and physical resources provided by urban ecosystems. Throughout history, cities have been where we have been able to develop the institutions and inventions that help us make sense of and bring order to life, subsequently allowing our purpose as humans to evolve past just surviving and reproducing. Therefore, studying cities and their systems, and thinking about how we can improve them, directs us towards creating environment that allow us to live and create optimally as humans.

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