Making studio stools from the mangled remains of an old growth elm murdered by DTE. Planted a little spruce so someone has something to cut down in the future ☠️
Alger Apartments | Four unique units per floor for different living styles and budgets. Kitchens are the heart of a living space, so we locate all of them at the center of the building. The mass brick corridor separation walls are exposed to double as the kitchen backsplash. Bedrooms, bathrooms, and living areas are pushed to the exterior walls to receive all the natural light and views. A double-loaded corridor is cut to allow removal of one existing rear stair and fire escapes, giving more space to two of the units. Utility closets are ganged to minimize exhaust shafts and maximize habitable area.
Urbanism | MDOT has indefinitely postponed the conversion of i375 into a grade-level boulevard due to cost overruns. $37-million has been spent on feasibility studies to date. How much could it cost to convert to a canal? Here’s a look from @subject_studio
Triplex renovation underway in NW Goldberg. We’re planning a unique reconfiguration in each unit instead of replicating the same plan typical of most multi-family buildings to cater to the different preferences of future tenants.
A corner parkette designed for @northcorktown as part of Tomorrow’s Innovative Housing Showcase. Retaining and nurturing green space is just as important as the built construction in development. To all the developers out there - maximizing buildable footprints does not maximize the profit that we all realize when you invest in carbon-capturing resources that add beauty to your project and generate spaces that encourage free and open human connection 🌳
Pathway pavers and benches by @citizenrobotics
Landscaping by James Leamon
A handful of colorful geometric porch elements designed for a modular housing showcase in North Corktown, inspired by elaborate Victorian and Deco motifs present on homes and buildings that used to exist in this once dense neighborhood.
Fabrication by local artisans @surfingcowboystudio and @artisticdisenos
The house modules are being constructed off-site in multiple factories around the Midwest to explore the potentials for single-family modular construction to integrate within legacy urban neighborhoods. Modular construction allows the structure to be assembled with minimal waste in a controlled environment, sometimes in a manner of weeks for a 3-bed 2-bath house. The units are then shipped on a massive truck, set on their foundations with a massive crane, and stitched together on-site to the point where they are indistinguishable from a traditionally-framed house. It’s not a silver-bullet solution for solving housing affordability, because costs are currently on par with a traditional construction process, but the relative time advantage for building quality homes quickly is hard to ignore.
