2G1/3G4 - ARCH 552 - FALL 2025
The frame
The shed is a building of containment and exposure. It is radically open in plan, form, and perception. At once primitive and advanced, simple and flexible, raw and civic, the shed is a direct expression of structure.
This Institutions studio focuses on the design of “Shed 7,” an addition to Detroit’s Eastern Market, developed within the shed typology.
The building is defined by a clear perimeter and an open interior. Primary structure, the frame, drives space, organization, and use. Structure sets rhythm, scale, light, and atmosphere. Long spans, modularity, repetition, and expressive structural systems are central. Beauty emerges through order.
The horizontal frame has shaped Detroit’s architecture, from Albert Kahn’s Ford plants to industrial sheds across the city. The shed is both legacy and opportunity, a framework for public life.