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2. Caterpillar
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Seeking a low-cost way to add housing to former industrial
land in Detroit's Core City neighborhood, local developer Prince
Concepts turned to the Quonset hut, a prefabricated half-cylinder
structure made of corrugated galvanized steel that was
created in the 1940s by the U.S. Navy.
Prince first tapped Los Angeles-based EC3 to design True
North, eight individual huts that were completed in 2017. Next,
Prince turned to local firm Undecorated, founded by Ishtiaq
Jabir Rafiuddin in 2017, which worked with manufacturer SteelMaster
to customize one long 9,000-square-foot (836 sq m)
Quonset hut to hold six apartments and two live-work spaces.
To bring in daylight, the manufacturers cut 12-18 openings
per unit, including glazed doors and dormer windows. In each
apartment, the sleeping and living room areas flank a plywood
service core containing the kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and
closet. Outside, a wooden deck wraps the long horizontal building,
providing a front porch for socializing. Completed in 2021,
Caterpillar is surrounded by 150 newly planted trees.
3. DADA Distrikt
BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC
In the Czech Republic, one of Europe's least affordable countries,
a group of individuals opted to reduce their housing
costs by directly hiring a local architecture firm to convert a
former industrial building from the early 1900s into a mixeduse
residential complex for themselves. KOGAA, founded in
2015 by Tomas Kozelsky, Alexandra Georgescu, and Viktor
Odstrčilík, inserted nine loft apartments and four studio units,
as well as office space, but kept the intervention minimal,
retaining the four-story facility's structure, elevator car, and
distinctive curved stairwell.
Sited next to Brno's historic industrial Zbrojovka area, the
building is also close to the Svitava River. To reduce stormwater
runoff, the design team topped the structure with a
vegetated roof that filters rainwater for use in the building's
washrooms and irrigation system. The roof also has space for
gathering, yoga, barbecues, and movie screenings, as well as
a raised gardening bed for each dwelling. The DADA Distrikt
was completed in 2020.
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