hal fful ldetroi t:reversi ngurbandecay
Detroi ti sanexpansi veci ty,currentl yl i tteredwi thvacant properti esandstruggl i ngfrom anovertaxedi nfrastructure. I nDetroi t' sl i fecycl e,shri nki ngwasneverpl annedforasthe ci tydevel oped,onl ygrowthwasconsi dered.Suburban sprawldomi nates,andtherei sastarkdi fferencebetween downtownDetroi tandthesuburbs.Toresi dents,Detroi t feel svastandabandoned.Butthroughthesenegati ve qual i ti escomesanopportuni tyforchangeandgrowthunl i ke anyseeni nthehi storyofmodernci ti es.Detroi ti sabl ank canvasforexperi mentalurbanpl anni ng,i nnovati veapproaches, andcreati vei nterventi ons. iproposetodecentral i zedowntowndetroi ttorecentral i ze theci tyasawhol e.anal yzi ngwhati ssuccessfuland unsuccessful laboutdowntownwi l ldi ctatehow theci ty centercanbereorgani zedandredi stri butedthroughout detroi t' ssuburbs.i nserti ngurbancomponentsi ntosuburban regi onswi l lcreatenew ci tycentersthatwi l lserveto anchorthesuburbsanddi versi fytheci ty' seconomy.the tradi ti onall ayoutofdetroi t' sdowntown,ci tycenter surrondedbysuburbswi l lberethoughwhenthesuburbs gai nani nfi l l edurbancenter.theconfi gurati onsofdetroi t' s vacantl otsi nexi sti ngbl ockscanl endthemsel vestoanew downtowntypol ogy.thesensi ti vebuti mpactfulrei seof detroi t' svacantl otsandbui l di ngswi l li mprovedetroi t' s currenti mage,whi l econsi deri ngtheci ty' shi story.the di stri buti onofurbanprogram wi thi nthesuburbswi l lcreate theoppurtuni tyforanew networktoform wi thi ndetroi t.