英文名称：America Michigan of University transformation

位置：美国

密歇根大学是当地最著名的大学，也是面积最大的学校。学校里大概有超过40,000名学生，但是，这座城市的发展潜力似乎不仅仅如此而已。密歇根州政府希望该地区能够成为全国最宜居的城市，最适合散步行走的城市，或者中西部地区最安全的食品城。安拉伯市就一直在为这样的目标而努力着。

安拉伯市四面环山，有着深邃的山谷和肥沃的土地，这里与休伦湖相接，农业发展十分迅速。安拉伯市也被冠以“绿树之城”的美誉，放眼望去，到处都是绿色的森林和自然美景。当设计师第一次来到这里的时候，气候非常寒冷，而且时常会降雨。但是，这里的天空很蓝，空气很好，如果太阳出来的话，真是一个郊游散心的好去处。早在夏天的时候在美国国家公共电台上听过这里的被称为“精灵门”的设计，设计师们特地在当地游览了一下，一睹这样一个小规模的艺术装置。

Ann Arbor is best known as a big university town; home for over 40,000 University of Michigan students. But the city sees more potential in itself than that. Eager to claim titles in rankings such as “best walking city” and “best midwest food towns,” Ann Arbor is striving to rebrand itself as a destination city.

Ann Arbor is made up of rolling hills and valleys in a fertile agricultural region next to the Huron River. The city’s also earned the nickname “tree town” from the abundance of landscape and trees.Even though it was cold and rainy the day I came in from Cleveland, the weather on the day after was beautiful, bright and sunny. Having heard about fairy doors from Ann Arbor on NPR earlier this summer, I walked a good bit around Ann Arbor tracking down these miniature installation art pieces.

美国密歇根大学改造实景图