About this bookThe Detroit Great Game presents a captivating and timely pedagogical experiment
and offers a much-needed rethinking of the playful dimension of architectural education.
Federighi and Bruno offer a fresh pragmatist perspective to the reality of project making
tracing the contingencies negotiations documentary exchange promises and contextual
complexities of architecture in the making. Vividly written and filled with insightful examples
and innovative graphics it is a must-read for every student academic and practitioner in
Architecture. Albena Yaneva University of ManchesterThe Detroit Great Game demonstrates that
no architectural project is autonomous from the world and that all projects catapult their
players into an unpredictable future. It follows that all projects are susceptible to the
vicissitudes of contingent encounters and unexpected roadblocks. Such is the great game of
designing worlds on fields of immanence where documents and contracts hold equal weight to
material objects. Groping experimentation and experience come first know-how and knowledge
afterwards. Enjoy this great game! Play it seriously! Hélène Frichot University of Melbourne
