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Detroit, Feb 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) To draw attention to the nation’s housing problems, an abandoned Detroit home is encased in ice by a team. It is covered up in sheets of ice, which sparkle in the sunlight, and the sharp-edged icicles almost reach the ground, from the edge of the roof. This rundown neighborhood is part of the Ice House Detroit project. They also want to inform the people that there are plenty of vacant homes in the city, as the foreclosure is very frequent in that area.

“This gives them an opportunity to see something different in their neighborhood,” said Gregory Holm, a New York-based photographer who was raised in Detroit. “It’s not saying it’s going to change afterward. But it’s a gift.” The architects behind this pretty sculpture are Holm and Matthew Radune, who are Brooklyn based architects. They have spent weeks in the bitter cold, just spraying water onto the house, so that the ice formation takes place in the cold. They picked this particular house, because it is due to be demolished. It is going to be demolished in the spring, so that the building materials can be re-used.

Gregory Holm and Radune are also planning to illuminate the whole ice-house and film it. After filming it, they will make the location of the ice house public, so that the public can come and view it.