New Plan Aims to Revamp Midtown Detroit, the City?s Cultural Hub
A team composed of international and local studios and individuals?Agence Ter, rootoftwo, Akoaki, and Harley Etienne?was recently chosen to revitalize the 83-acre area.
© Agence Ter, Akoaki, rootoftwo, and Harley Etienne
A team composed of international and local studios and individuals?Agence Ter, rootoftwo, Akoaki, and Harley Etienne?was recently chosen to revitalize the 83-acre area.Over the course of the 20th century, across a series of administrations and economic contexts, Midtown Detroit grew into one of America?s largest (or densest) cultural districts, with over 12 major institutions, such as the Detroit Institute for the Arts (DIA) and the College for Creative Studies. But you wouldn?t know it, even if you were there?the nine-block, 83-acre area is a mish-mash of styles spanning Beaux Arts, Modernism, and Brutalism, and has a certain sense of placelessness. The area feels architecturally disjointed, illegible, and fails to translate the vibrancy of each institution into the broader public space. Read more »
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© Agence Ter, Akoaki, rootoftwo, and Harley Etienne
A team composed of international and local studios and individuals?Agence Ter, rootoftwo, Akoaki, and Harley Etienne?was recently chosen to revitalize the 83-acre area.Over the course of the 20th century, across a series of administrations and economic contexts, Midtown Detroit grew into one of America?s largest (or densest) cultural districts, with over 12 major institutions, such as the Detroit Institute for the Arts (DIA) and the College for Creative Studies. But you wouldn?t know it, even if you were there?the nine-block, 83-acre area is a mish-mash of styles spanning Beaux Arts, Modernism, and Brutalism, and has a certain sense of placelessness. The area feels architecturally disjointed, illegible, and fails to translate the vibrancy of each institution into the broader public space. Read more »
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