Detroit: A City under the Radar

Detroit is a city that has suffered badly from the end of its motor vehicle manufacturing heydays in the 60’s, 70s and 80s.

But it’s still a huge city (the 11th largest in the USA by population with 910,921 people 910,921) and an important metropolis.

In  Views of Detroit Danish students experiment with using film as a tool for urban planning. Much of the film takes place in the grand abandoned buildings and overgrown greenspaces that dot the city. Interviews with residents offer insight on life in the troubled city as well as some novel and hopeful solutions, including the Loveland Project, a non-profit which invites you to purchase a square inch of Detroit for a dollar.

The film uses a strongly subjective narrative, with no aim to point out answers to the challenges Detroit is currently facing. However we hope our methodology can inspire planners to include new perspectives from everyday life in their work: creating future cities.

VIEWS OF DETROIT - exploring film in urban planning (Full Movie) from [PÅ::NU] on Vimeo.

Francesco  …