This study investigates how adaptive reuse and historic preservation can be applied in a practical manner in order to transform Detroit’s Belle Isle Boathouse, the former home of the Detroit Boat Club, into a public gateway ...
In this thesis the concept of smart cities with focus on smart mobility as a potential urban construct that can address the social and ecological sustainability challenges which society faces is explored. The characteristics ...
During the modern era of development in an American city, it is a given that a certain number of individuals will encounter a phase in their lives where they experience homelessness. Although, on the surface, being unhoused ...
This book explores the concept that man and machine can operate harmoniously
on an urban street. Through a series of interventions, main thoroughfares like Jefferson Avenue can transform into public social spaces to promote ...
Urban vacancy is a continuing problem in many cities across the nation. Vacant lots greening helps improve neighborhood conditions and the opportunity to transfer vacant lots into valuable space in the neighborhood where ...
This thesis challenges the generalized way in which walkability is being framed and implemented in Detroit.
Most people in American cities, especially in Detroit, are unable to take advantage of the social, economical, ...
This thesis explores how the concepts found within social housing can be adapted to improve the ways the United States challenges affordable housing. Only formulating around the period of industrialization, the following ...