On July 10, the ACE team visited the Santa Lucia site on 3017 S Wells St, taping down our current designs and measuring important aspects of the space. We then travelled to ACE Tech on 5410 S State St to view the gabion benches constructed by an ACE Design Build team a few years ago. The […]
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The annual ACE Alumni Scholarship and the Eli W. Cohen Scholarship will be awarded to two students who have exhibited outstanding academic performance, compelling personal character and an ongoing commitment to ACE’s mission to inform and excite high school students about career opportunities in the ACE fields. Both awards are offered to encourage excellence at
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Congratulations to Chicago ACE Mentor Program’s Team 1 on winning the 2015 CIRT/ ACE National Competition with their “Park City” Project. Team 1’s win marks Chicago’s first ACE National Competition win and cash prize for the Chicago ACE Mentor Program. Team 1 was one of only of three teams selected to compete in the finals in
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Attention ACE students and alum! There will be a charette on Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 9 am-1 pm at Curie Metro High School to plan their new courtyard! The Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), in partnership with the ACE Mentor Program and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is in the early
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ACE is seeking two students who have an interest in design, construction, and community development to assist with this year’s summer program. The collegiate assistants will fully participate in the summer Workshop as both a team member and teaching assistant. It is expected that the selected candidate will help motivate and lead the students through
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This week, students began thinking about exterior façade and interior space. They also broke into their respective areas of Engineering, Architecture and Construction.
This week we discussed façade and floor plans with our team. The meeting began with a brief presentation about building facades’ form and function. The students then discussed what ideas they had about their form and design of the building based on the revit models they made in week 10. The students then worked in Revit, but this time looking
Current participants in the Chicago ACE Mentor Program are invited to apply for an ACE scholarship, summer internship, or position in the ACE Summer Design-Build Workshop. Click here to access the on-line scholarship application. You must be an active participant in the ACE Chicago 2014-15 program, and have the e-mail and password you used during initial
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This week in Ace the students presented their preliminary ideas to our “clients”. Each group discussed their organization or space, site, building for and inspiration. While all projects were interesting and creative, the “Little City” project was ultimately picked to continue with in these last couple of weeks. Next week students will be breaking into
ACE Summer Fundraiser!! August 19, 6-8pm at Howells & Hood, 435 N. Michigan Ave Spend a casual summer evening with fellow friends of ACE, at our 6th annual summer fundraiser! Join us as an individual or as a corporate sponsor, and support one of the best Building Industry Youth programs in the Country! Please see the attached Summer Event Invitation or Corporate
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