i. Introduction + Broad Vision-Casting: Collision Works promises to be the first in a family of community accelerators that grow out of the rich ruins of rustbelt Detroit.
a. Materials
– Central city infrastructure,
– Shipping containers, and
– Strategic real estate .
b. Social Up-cycling Programs
– Public, non-profit, and private incentives for land’s renovation.
c. Technological and Community Organizing
Hardware to mold them
Among other aims of Collision Works are to:
– Maximize the value creation in socio-spatial collisions;
– Capture this value in a specific site AND pass it along;
By…
– Anchoring financial investment by eliminating the gap between use and exchange value of a
place, as understood by its stakeholders;
– Demonstrating novel, replicable ways of housing the human body and sustaining community
spirit in creativity-prizing economies.
So that…
– The line between traveler and local is blurred;
– West Side, Center-East, South Side, 5, 8, 10-mile and etc.,
Collision communities form to launch their local version.
ii. Motivating Challenges
- What are the most strategic uses of collaboration in the site design and programming process – and when?
- How can the design process affirm and maximize the creative capital/investment of Collision Works‘ core stakeholders?
- What are the best uses and inherent limitations of modular and specifically container construction?
- How can the design process set a stage for Serendipity and Storytelling in the eventual building?
- How can we make it f*cking good?
FIRST CONTAINER
Collision Works’ First Container is a proof of concept installation of a typical module/unit designed for it’s large Detroit Hotel Project. First Container is sited in Eastern Markets, 4 blocks away from the proposed hotel.
