True North is a development comprised of nine rental units and shared community gardens, located two-and-a-half miles from Downtown Detroit.

© Chris Miele

Architects: EC3

Location: Detroit, MI, United States

Lead Architects: EC3 - Edwin Chan, Design Architect / Studio Detroit - Architect of Record

Design Architect: EC3, Los Angeles

Architect Of Record: Studio Detroit

Area: 7530.0 ft2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Chris Miele, Jason Keen

Construction Administration: Reyna Construction

Project Representative: ABOVE THE FOLD

Civil Engineer: Nowak and Fraus

Underground Work: Brown Derby Boys
Plumbing: Expert Master Plumbers

Electric: Willie Marshall and Sons

© Chris Miele

Text description provided by the architects. True North is a development comprised of nine rental units and shared community gardens, located two-and-a-half miles from Downtown Detroit.

© Jason Keen

It has received international attention for pioneering creative affordable design attuned to both its context and community, as well as for catalyzing the redevelopment of a long-neglected area.

© Jason Keen

For aesthetic and economic reasons, the client challenged EC3 to utilize Quonset Huts, a prefabricated lightweight structure consisting of corrugated galvanized steel and having a semicircular cross section.

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