Alfred Street Townhomes is a pair of three-story residences that forms the residential edge of a larger mixed-use development in Detroit’s Brush Park neighborhood. Positioned between historic mansions and new higher-density development, the townhomes create a careful transition in scale while reinforcing the street with active residential frontage, outdoor terraces, street-level entries, and private parking.

The project also screens and wraps the parking structure behind it, turning an otherwise utilitarian requirement into an architectural frontage that supports the public realm. Located near the QLINE on Woodward Avenue and a growing mix of neighborhood amenities, the homes are designed to contribute to Brush Park’s ongoing transformation as a walkable, connected, and mixed-use district.

This project operates as a wrapper building: a residential layer that absorbs the practical need for parking while returning the street edge to people. By placing townhomes along Alfred Street, the design softens the presence of the garage, strengthens the pedestrian experience, and helps the larger development meet market and zoning requirements without allowing parking to dominate the neighborhood frontage.