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The department maintains a strong commitment to community service. This commitment is manifested in the Community Design Assistance Group (CDAG) and in various off-campus studio offerings. An established off-campus location for departmental activities is the Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine (Cincinnati). The Center houses ongoing programming, and regular off-campus studio experiences focused on the renovation of older buildings. In 2006, the Department initiated a residency program in Over-the-Rhine, which allows selected ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs to live in (as well as take courses in) the Over-the-Rhine community.

The Department of Architecture and Interior Design promotes international educational experiences and encourages the establishment of off-campus programs on and apart from the MUDEC campus and in other parts of the world. Currently, off-campus departmental workshops are offered in Ghana, Africa; London, England; Italy; Turkey; the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio; New Mexico; at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Bear Run, Pennsylvania; and occasionally in China. In 2008, the department established a formal exchange program with the University of Applied Sciences in Rosenheim, Germany. The department promotes ongoing participation with semester study-abroad programs, including the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) in Copenhagen, Denmark and Kent State University’s study abroad program in Florence, Italy.

The Department of Architecture and Interior Design values and encourages collaboration with other units and disciplines across campus. Currently, department faculty and ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs demonstrate active participation in a variety of university programs, including the Art and Architectural History major/minor, the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies (AIMS), the Miami Design Collaborative (MDC), the Global Perspectives on Sustainability minor, and the Institute for Environmental Studies (IES) graduate degree program.