ELONGATION
YAC Detroit
when
2020 . Dec
where
TCF center . Detroit . MI
Jihoon Park, Jonghoon Lee,
Juhyun Bae
what
team
Mixed used building
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The site of this project is positioned right next to the TCF center. It is a place where all the people gather to experience the main events of the city. Therefore, the project tried to advocate the space and fill it with the city’s identities.
The site is both where the M-10 highway ends and the city streets begin. The project proposes to elongate the end of the highway, downtown roads, and the roof of TCF center into the center of the podium. As these three different circulations intertwine with each other, they form a ramp heading straight down to the parking lot.
The ramp does not only act as a circulation core but also as a runway for automobiles. Podium pedestrians around the ramp will always get deluded as if they were in a motor show. The essential role of the ramp is to provide both the drivers and the pedestrians with a full visual experience of the space.