July 23 2015 We had the students design t-shirts into their sketch books. Then, we had a competition to decide what the official t-shirt design would be. Two students won the competition; therefore, we used both of their ideas to make one great design for the program. Afterwards, we ironed the design onto different sizes of t-shirts, […]
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With the ACE Summer Design Build Team moving through the schematic design phase, we have been working hard to develop multiple solutions for the Santa Lucia space on the North side. Teams have been broken up into teams, representing the art, garden, and classroom spaces. Through various critiques, each group has created fantastic drawings explaining
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On June 26, the design-build charrette began at Santa Lucia School located in Bridgeport. The students split up into teams to design the outdoor class. Every students had different creative ideas for the design. The students and staff of Santa Lucia enjoyed everyones creative thoughts for their outdoor classroom. We are excited for the next
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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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I would like to extend a thank you to each of our talented and hardworking ACE students who participated this summer; and of course to the many supporters of our summer program! ACE Chicago Board of Directors, Associate Board, and Supporting Professional Firms Chicago Public Schools, Careers and Technical Education Curie Metro High School the Archer Heights
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Unbelievably, the program has come to an end! It has been an unforgettable summer for the entire team, and the final build went great! The feedback to the community was great, and the final workday was met with much anticipation from the neighborhood children. Throughout the summer, the team has not only learned how to
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With the last week among us, we are all working hard. Once the lumber came in (Thanks Power Construction for your donation!), we immediately set forth on our journey to complete the Wilapa Tree Play Platform. We started by making the bottom structure, followed by setting up the structure of each of the faces. Teams
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With the dwindling amount of weeks left, students and instructors are really feeling the grind of a deadline. The construction documents are nearing finish, after much deliberation and discussion on how the Wilapa tree platform structure will get built. A visit from Randy B. from HOK also provided much help. Thanks Randy! Students
Now three weeks into the Park Design, we have no time for stopping, it is full speed ahead. The ACE Design Build Group is making progress! This week was spent mostly pushing the design ideas forward and start finalizing them. Construction time is almost upon us! Site Model Group The site model group spent
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