Shifting Elastically

By Clark Cheng and Qile Ding

Shifting Elastically aims to provide housing and experiential communal spaces in order to give a sense of community not only to the complex but to the overall surrounding neighbors that reside in Detroit.

Sited along Kercheval Ave. and Townsend Street, we took advantage of the high volume of vehicular traffic as a method of exposing the housing units alongside the streets. This easily employed experiential qualities to the communal spaces that are provided - such as the tensile structures for a pleasant daytime glow, while also providing shelter.