Motives : (continued)
Big Dumb Shed
The cast-iron technologies that made these initial 19th century long-span sheds possible would transition into the use of steel by the early 1900’s. The use for these large open spaces also underwent a significant change. These sheds were no longer utilized for covering mainly public spaces, but were found to be essential for large scale private manufacturing facilities. In Detroit,as Henry Ford was pioneering the mass production techniques for his private automobiles, Albert Kahn was doing the same for the architecture and building materials that would support and house the assembly processes. The typology of ‘big dumb shed’ architecture had been transformed from diverse public activity, to that of specific private production.
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st u dio 0 3 : C r i ti c a l M a s s Tr a n s i t
Methods : In groups of 4, you will select one of the Albert Kahn Detroit factory building images provided to use as a typological reference in designing a public bus shelter. All or part of this design will be built in full scale out of found material. The building material should be recyclable. The design should include seating for at least 4 people.