Masonry Magazine May 1969 Page. 30
Nagel Plaza Low-Income Housing Project
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Architect's rendering of a building at Nagel Plaza low-income housing project
Diagram of Monowall system used at Nagel Plaza
Nagel Plaza, a harbinger of durable and esthetic low-cost housing to meet critical shortages in Detroit and nationwide, is nearly ready for occupancy. Converted in less than a year from drawing board to reality, despite a 3-4 month building industry strike, the revolutionary Detroit inner-city housing development will shelter its first occupants this spring. The cluster of four buildings will provide 24 fortunate families with ultra-modern, attractive, comfortable and durable homes at modest cost.
Because of its many construction innovations, Nagel Plaza holds an importance far greater than its size. It will be a master reference point in the construction of 3,000 other units to be built this year and next in the Detroit area under the sponsorship of the Metropolitan Detroit Citizens Development Authority (MDCDA).
Campbell Modular Building, Inc., a member of the Detroit-based Campbell Group, a diversified international construction organization that has pioneered in the use of standardized components and computerized planning to reduce costs and speed construction, erected the Nagel buildings, without profit, at a cost to MDCDA of $10 per square foot of floor space. Campbell Modular is absorbing the remainder of actual construction costs. Conventionally-constructed multiple-family dwellings currently cost from $16 to $20 per square foot to build.
Deane Baker, president of the Campbell Group and of Campbell Modular Building, said Nagel Plaza has emerged "as a vivid demonstration of the practicability of many new construction systems that could be a major contribution to the answer to the national need for low-cost housing that is lasting, comfortable and esthetic."
Typical of the revolutionary ideas employed in Nagel Plaza is the "Monowall" structural system, in use for the first time anywhere to build load-bearing walls and for the first time in any application in a multiple-housing project. The Dow Chemical Company, of Midland, contributed