Urban In[ter]vention

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Urban In[ter]vention

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The lab is concerned with re-energizing the collapsing city of Detroit through mulit-disciplinaryresearch and community collaboration. A porous structure draws the public in and plays to the scale of surrounding residential buildings, as opposed to the sterile monumentality of other cultural institutions in the area. The open spaces between the building draw the public in with playful programs- an open air theater, cafe, stage, and playground. A network of public and private bands weaves through the site, creating spaces of integrated program where public and private intersect. Private research or teaching spaces occupy modules lodged in the system, or use existing [abandoned] buildings which have been reinterpreted as part of the lab system. The lab seeks to discover new possible industries for the city and sites where they may best be implemented, by blurring the distinction between art and science. Sans this disciplinary boundary, this research community, with the building it occupies, gives new meaning to the city of Detroit. The formal strategy of net and module is designed to be expandable, taking over empty lots and abandoned structures as the lab grows. In this manner the vacant lots of Detroit are filled in, stitching the city back together.

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Urban In[ter]vention

Urban In[ter]vention

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