chicago Projects 8 Created 01-Aug-16 By Ximena Uribe, Trujillo, Peru Robie House Frank Lloyd Wright museum, private house SR Crown Hall Jay Pritzker Pavilion 3 Sky is the Limit Aqua Tower 6 Burnham Pavilion Zaha Hadid 7 Zaha Hadid s pavilion 4 Gehry Partners music theatre, pavilion Studio Gang s apartment, dwellings, hotel, shopping centre Ludwig Mies van der Rohe education 2 Burnham Pavilion UN Studio 8 UNStudio pavilion 5 Michael Hayden airport, art, installation http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ BP Pedestrian Bridge 9 Gehry Partners bridge 1
photo: Jeff Li photo: David Arpi Robie House S Woodlawn Avenue 5757 Chicago Illinois 60637 http://wwwgowrightorg/robiehouse/robiehousehtml Finished in 1910, the Robie House is the last and one of the best examples of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style of architecture, a style whose influence derives from the landscape and plant life of the Midwest prairies of the The building has a low-proportioned, horizontal profile which gives it the appearance of spreading out on flat prairie land Steel-framed cantilevered roof overhangs, continuous bands of art-glass windows and doors, and the use of natural materials are typical Prairie Style features which emphasize the horizonal line of the building In the late 1990's the house was turned into a museum, and it is now open to the public photo: Jeff Li 1910 Frank Lloyd Wright Frederick C Robie rtaube The house is available by tour only Tour times vary, but on the weekends they are about every half an hour, from 1100-1300 From downtown Chicago take S Lake Shore Drive to the E 53rd Street exit Proceed on E 53rd Street to S Woodlawn Avenue and turn left The Robie House is located at the corner of S Woodlawn Avenue and E 58th Street http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 2
photo: Nathan Umstead SR Crown Hall South State Street 3360 Chicago Illinois 60616 http://miesiitedu/about/crown_hallhtml SR Crown Hall embodies Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of universal space Rather than designing narrowly for a specific purpose, Mies sought to create a structure that could be adapted to different uses as needs changed over time He realized this goal by moving all structural supports to the building's exterior wall, thus creating a large clearspan structure with 120 x 220 x 18 feet of unencumbered interior space Mies knew he had achieved something extraordinary with Crown Hall, and he called it "the clearest structure we have done, the best to express our philosophy" Crown Hall was and continues to be a standard for architects everywhere It is named after Sol R Crown, Colonel Henry Crown's brother, who co-founded Material Service Corporation Colonel Henry Crown was a member of IIT's Board of Trustees (text from website Illinois Institute of Technology) photo: Nathan Umstead Public access unknown! 1956 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Illinois Institute of Technology numstead http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 3
photo: Parker Anderson photo: Ryan Taube Jay Pritzker Pavilion N Michigan Ave 55 Chicago Illinois 60611 http://wwwmillenniumparkorg/artandarchitecture/jay_pritz ker_pavilionhtml The Jay Pritzker Pavilion, designed by Frank Gehry, is the new home for Chicago's Grant Park Symphony, which has been providing free summer concerts in downtown Chicago for nearly seventy years It seats up to 11,000 people (4,000 fixed seats + 7,000 grass seats) A giant trellis extends over the entire seating area, providing support for a state of the art sound system meant to replicate an indoor concert hall sound experience In order to enhance the experience even more, Gehry enlarged the size of the proscenium to draw people in He also designed large glass doors which close off the stage during the cold winters, allowing performances to take place year round The project was funded by the Pritzker family, who also founded the Pritzker prize, architecture's most prestigious honor photo: Parker Anderson 7-2004 Gehry Partners rtaube park is open to the public 24 hours CTA train stations close to Millennium Park include the Red Line Washington Street exit and the Brown/Green/Orange and Purple Line Madison/Wabash Street exit From any of these train stops, head east til you reach the park http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 4
photo: Stephen Silverman photo: Albert Yau Sky is the Limit West O'Hare 10000 Chicago Illinois 60666 The passenger corridor between Concourse B and C at terminal 1 of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is home to the largest light sculpture in the world Entitled 'Sky's the Limit', it is composed of 466 neon tubes, that would stretch over a mile long, if laid end to end It runs the entire length of the ceiling above two moving sidewalks, and is composed of white sections on either end with a rainbow of colors in between It is controlled by 3 different computers cycling through various patterns and never repeats itself in the iterations Along the sides of the corridor, undulating walls with various pastel colors make for a very vibrant space photo: Doug Bull Floor area/size 1987 2000 m² Artist Michael Hayden rtaube 24/7 The project can only be accessed by being inside O'Hare International Airport It is the connection between the B concourse and the C concourse in Terminal 1 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 5
photo: Robert L Segal photo: Robert L Segal Aqua Tower N Columbus Drive 211 Chicago Illinois 60601 In a city known for it's skyscrapers, the Aqua Tower sets itself apart through an elegant undulation of its floor plates, providing a vertical topography that is unmatched in the Chicago skyline At times, it appears as if the building contains vertical pools of water Aqua is an 82-story mixed-use residential skyscraper currently under construction in Chicago's Lakeshore East Once completed, it will be the tallest residential tower in the United States, and also the tallest building in the world designed by a female-led architectural firm It will also be seeking LEED certification upon completion 2009 Associate architect Studio Gang s Loewenberg & Associates rtaube photo: Robert L Segal http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 6
Burnham Pavilion Zaha Hadid E Randolph St 201 Chicago Illinois 60601 Zaha Hadid s pavilion, which can be dismantled and reinstalled elsewhere, is a tent-like structure made of light weight aluminum and dressed in a tensile fabric The exterior skin rises and falls along its aluminum ribs - the lines for which were derived from the diagonal lines and avenues in Burnham and Bennett s 1909 Plan Louvers in the pavilion's ceiling bring an interplay of light and shadow into the space as the sun changes position during the day Exterior lighting highlight the pavilion at night The interior of the Hadid Pavilion serve as a screen for an immersive video installation created by UIC-trained and London-based artist Thomas Gray for The Gray Circle This film tell the story of Chicago's transformation, including visions for Chicago's future by local architects The pavilion envelops visitors in its sinuous form, but the addition of Gray's film leads to an even more engaging experience (text from http://wwwworldarchitecturenewscom) 2009 Main designer, Structural engineer Lighting designer Zaha Hadid s Thomas Roszak Rockey Structures Tracey Dear Burnham Plan Centennial pkrajewski_pl The pavilions will be opened to the public until Oct 31st, 2009 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 7
Burnham Pavilion UN Studio E Randolph St 201 Chicago Illinois 60601 http://burnhamplan100uchicagoedu/history_future/burnham _pavilions Placed in the middle of Millennium Park and framed by Lake Michigan on one side and Michigan Avenue on the other, the Burnham Pavilion relates to diverse city contexts, programmes and scales Based on the specificity of the site, the design of the pavilion develops an elaborated relationship to the existing form of a rigid geometry but it also introduces a floating and multi-directional space It orients itself to the city texture, to the flows of visitors exploring Millennium Park and most importantly introduces diverse vistas towards the park and city surroundings The pavilion is open towards its sides in between two at the outset horizontal planes of a podium and a roof Programmatically the pavilion invites people to gather, walk around and through and to explore and observe The pavilion is sculptural, highly accessible, functioning as an urban activator (text from architect's website) 6-2009 Main designer, UNStudio Garofalo s Chicago Metropolis 2020 pkrajewski_pl The pavilions will be opened to the public until Oct 31st, 2009 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 8
BP Pedestrian Bridge BP Bridge 1 Chicago Illinois 60603 http://wwwmillenniumparkorg/artandarchitecture/bp_bridg ehtml Connecting Millennium Park to Daley Bicentennial Plaza, east of the park, this 925-foot-long winding bridge, Frank Gehry's first, provides incomparable views of the Chicago skyline, Grant Park and Lake Michigan Clad in brushed stainless steel panels, the BP Pedestrian Bridge, or simply BP Bridge, complements the Pritzker Pavilion in function as well as design by creating an acoustic barrier from the traffic noise below It also has a 5% slope to allow easy access for people who are physically challenged (text from project's website) 7-2004 Structural engineer Gehry Partners Skidmore, Owings & Merrill City of Chicago pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ximenauribe/guides/chicago/ 9