This 525,000 s.f. multi-million waterfront project rejuvenated the formerly abandoned and dilapidated Ford Assembly Building originally designed by Albert Kahn for Henry Ford in 1931. The historic factory is now transformed into a vibrant center of 21st Century building uses, including entertainment, dining, office, and a visitor center.
The cultural centre is a flat, single – storey building crossed by a covered pedestrian walkway, which leads to the train station underpass functioning as an important link in the urban road network.
The project of the Elisabeth and Helmut Uhl foundation has been realized thanks to a restricted international architectural competition held in 2009, which saw the participation of fifteen architectural teams from Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The aim of the competition was to design a building able to host the activities of the homonymous cultural and research foundation.
