Mexicantown: A Liminal Blur

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

Design team: Annie McCarthy, Barnum Tiller, Bridgette Mont, Bud Shenefelt, Clark Tate, Christian Ayala, Damian Bolden, Denise Dumais, Holly Seddon, Jen Pindyck, Justin Southard, Mack Scogin, Maria Velasquez, Melissa Booth, Merrill Elam, Nathan Walker, Rubi Xu, Samuel Kim, Shen Li, Soleen Karim, Ted Paxton, Tina Maceri-Bolden, Vic Maloof, W. Gavin Robb. Stereoscopics: Peter Bahouth, with Tom Meyer, William Kennedy. Film: Helen Han. Cast aluminum: George Beasley, with James Vincent, Ion Yamazaki. Student assistance: Ali Crownover, Chantale Martin, David Moore, Dianne Dumais, Honora Johnston, Joanna Bidani, Maryam Atassi, Rock MacDaniel, Zhenhou Zhou, Zhixian He. Map data: Southeast Michigan Council of Governments.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam have worked together throughout their careers. Their projects – diverse in type, size, and location – embody a personal search for an architecture of expansive specificity.