Great job everyone on your site presentation proposals. Our site will be at the intersection of Rush and Chicago. Everyone did a great job in presenting their ideas on why the site would be a great location for our project. Issues that were discussed related to site surroundings, such as historical structures or construction site […]

Our meeting this week took place at the ArcelorMittal Design Studio @Chicago Architecture Foundation, sponsored by LEGO. It was a really unique and exciting way for Team 3 to explore massing and concepts for our project in an environment built to foster creativity. First, students were asked to think outside the box and build something out of

Our meeting this week took place at the ArcelorMittal Design Studio @Chicago Architecture Foundation, sponsored by LEGO. It was a really unique and exciting way for Team 3 to explore massing and concepts for our project in an environment built to foster creativity. First, students were asked to think outside the box and build something

I never knew that dots and spaghetti were basically resistant to earthquakes, but then again, you learn something new every day.  We had a full meeting last week and got to learn about some delicious barbeque structural engineering!  Jean Claude van Damme taught us about some of the structural basics like types of structure:  concrete,

RACE TO THE SKY! This week we met at GSA and took on the challenge of not only building the tallest 25”in. skyscraper, but structuring it to support ten pennies once completed. The only materials allowed were note cards and tape. At the end of the night all teams executed the assignment and created exciting

This week students rotated between stations in the office. Each of the stations was specific to a service in the building industry. Many of the activities ranged from making edible concrete pudding to creating paper architecture. Below is a description of some of the exercises at each station. Hopefully these exercises helped create an understanding

Last night we had a blast discussing college opportunities and career paths! The students got an opportunity to hear how the mentors came to be at the firms/ careers they are at. As the students learned… no two paths were identical! We hope this night was inspiring to fill out your scholarship applications.   ACE

I fell asleep after eating turkey and forgot to post the blog.  To be honest, I don’t remember much of the last week – I guess that’s what happens when you eat an entire 20 lb. turkey by yourself.  And yes, I have sent a message to Joey Chesnutt challenging him to a Thanksgiving meal

You guys should seriously just quit ACE now and just go design hats.  For real.  Without much of an introduction for this week (my blabbing will just distract from the coif-keepers), I present the work of the week 2 gathering, with a special shout-out to the winners of design competition: Best Topper Design: Rainbow Lion

Welcome students and mentors! A recap on what has taken place in ACE these past few weeks. INTRODUCTION: We kicked off our first meeting by pairing students and mentors. Pairs shared stories and discussed how they became involved in ACE. It is great to know everyone is interested in making this a fun and educational