The strategic neighbour hood design framework addresses infrastructure (energy, water, food, water, and mobility) and renewable systems (workforce development, empowerment, education, culture, and economic development).

Winners of the Global LafargeHolcim Awards Bronze 2018 (l-r): Eric Mahoney and Constance Bodurow, studio[Ci], USA congratulated by Bernd Eitel, Head of Group Communications, LafargeHolcim; Jens Diebold, Head of Sustainable Development of LafargeHolcim and member of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation; and Marc Angélil, Professor of Architecture & Design, ETH Zurich and member of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation.

The HEIRS framework for 48204 creates an HNZE district, anchored by a Community Center/Kitchen as the epicenter of a collectively owned MicroGrid. TSP reveals and deploys the capacities of 23 acres of publicly-owned vacancy concentrating along 3 streets, or Energy Avenues. TSP pairs HnZE Canopy with conventional PV to meet demand for electricity via solar and HVAC geothermal, and water management, food production, and waste conversion. TSP can be expanded to all of 48204 and other neighborhoods.

The Seebaldt Pilot is based on acquisition and use of concentrations of vacant parcels along Maplewood, Ironwood and Beechwood – the “Energy Avenues” – for solar and geothermal energy generation and water management.

Installing a prototype solar panel canopy.

Community-driven neighborhood planning, Detroit, USA

In 2013, three young men who proudly grew up in 48204 founded the NGO It Starts at Home (IS@H).

The HEIRS framework for vacancy, NZE generative infrastructure and public realm interventions.

TSP is Phase 1 of a larger design framework to revitalize Detroit’s historic Old Westside – 48204.

HNZE canopy computational design/digi fab methods meeting performative, cost, and aesthetic metrics.

TSP collective MicroGrid will be a large endeavor on a scale that has not yet been seen in the USA.

The HNZE Canopy captures and stores rainwater for irrigation of gardens throughout the study area.

The Energy Avenues have the potential to serve at least half the homes and residents in TSP boundary.

Berry bushes planted as green infrastructure without the fruit absorbing toxins from storm water runoff.

Holcim Awards Gold, Silver and Bronze winning teams: Eric Mahoney, Haibin Tan, Constance Bodurow and Will Bright (Gold); Frano Violich, Shawna Meyer and Sheila Kennedy from Kennedy & Violich Architecture (Bronze); and Oliver Lang, Cynthia Wilson and James Ko from LWPAC + Intelligent City (Silver).

Winners of the LafargeHolcim Awards Gold 2017 (l-r): Haibin Tan, Constance Bodurow, Will Bright and Eric Mahoney for their project Community-driven neighborhood planning in Detroit.

Presentation of the LafargeHolcim Awards Gold prize (l-r): Member of all five regional Awards juries, Marc Angélil, Professor of Architecture & Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich); Pascal Casanova, Member of the Executive Committee of LafargeHolcim responsible for North America including Mexico; Maik Strecker, Head Growth & Innovation North America, LafargeHolcim; prize winners Constance Bodurow, Will Bright, Eric Mahoney and Haibin Tan for their project Community-driven neighborhood planning in Detroit; John Stull, CEO Cement LafargeHolcim US.

Winners of the LafargeHolcim Awards Gold celebrate (l-r): Constance Bodurow from studio[Ci], Detroit, USA with Eric Mahoney, Will Bright, Haibin Tan and Jinru Shen.

Driving the project (l-r): Will Bright, representing the residents of Seebaldt Street, Architect Constance Bodurow, and designer Eric Mahoney.

TSP Team: transdisciplinary designers, technical advisors, NGOs (https://heirsstudio.wordpress.com/)