St. Agnes Plaza

ARCH 672 Propositions 51

St. Agnes Plaza
Ivan Gort-Cabeza de Vaca, Xiucheng Zhu and Yanyu Liu
Charlie O'Geen
Rendered section view of residential building
Interior section of floor plans
Rendered cross section of residential building
Ground floor plan
Render of person looking out windows
Isometric diagram of architecture change
Areal view of architecture plans
Render of architecture building at night
St. Agnes Plaza, located in La Salle Gardens, is situated in a traditional heritage neighborhood characterized by intergenerational living and improvised urbanism. This dwelling culture is evidence of the people of Detroit making the best of a lack of public space, social and transportation infrastructure, and insufficient housing stock. The project takes inspiration from and hopes to extend this positive dwelling culture native to Detroit. Recognizing and reinforcing the existing multigenerational and neighborhood block dwelling culture of Detroit, characterized by the porch as a public space. [gallery size="medium" ids="37736,37738,37739,37740,37741,37742,37737,37735"]

STUDENTS

Ivan Gort-Cabeza de Vaca, Xiucheng Zhu and Yanyu Liu

FACULTY

Laura Peterson and Charlie O’Geen
Rendered section view of residential building
Interior section of floor plans
Rendered cross section of residential building
Ground floor plan
Render of person looking out windows
Isometric diagram of architecture change
Areal view of architecture plans
Render of architecture building at night

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