STUDENTS
Vanessa Lekaj, Patrick Wilton, Stephanie Dutan
PROFESSORS
Craig Borum + Claudia Wigger
This project uses density gradation as a guide towards interspecies coexistence, maintaining and celebrating the urban wilding and temporal qualities of a three-block assemblage in Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit, MI. Housing grades from high-to-low density typologies across five corridors oriented to respect existing pockets of dense foliage. A seven-story tower denotes each housing corridor's entry, leading to rowed townhomes, followed by elevated single-family homes and cabins that minimize ground contact in a central 'reclaimed wetlands.' Here, Detroit's former 'Grand Marais' is reintroduced, fostering ecologically cogniscient dwelling. A network of hardscapes and softscapes stitches together housing corridors and adjacent blocks by leveraging foliage for the seasonal reshaping of desire lines.