The students are learning the site like the back of their hands. After group discussion about the current site and features we all agree on, we broke into three teams, the Site Model team, Site Plan team, and Design Features team. SITE MODEL TEAM (Jesus, Patty, Mike, AshleyAnn) The context of the site is […]
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The charrette on June 27th was a big hit, allowing students to not only meet with architects, urban planners, engineers, film editors, landscape architects, interior designers, and members of the Chicago Park district, but they also worked with professionals, ultimately creating their own designs for the playground with a real budget, real client, and real
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Nick Jaworsky from Wight & Company, and Michael Gallagher from Hugh Henry Construction visited Curie Metro HS on Saturday to facilitate a fantastic workshop on concrete construction! The optional Saturday session was attended by 13 ACE students from across the City and provided expertise in how to construct formwork, tie rebar, mix concrete, and build a
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COLLEGIATE ASSISTANT WANTED FOR ACE DESIGN BUILD WORKSHOP 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
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08/13/2013 ..we couldn’t do it without a lot of help.. 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
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08/12/2013 Congratulations to our Students! Congratulations to the 2013 Design Build Team for completing a beautiful project in Ping Tom Park! Students completed installation of (2) temporary park benches, (1) Chinese Chess game-table (a.k.a., Xiangqi), and (1) sign table with a map of the park! The project turned out beautifully and was already receiving a lot
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08/02/13 Safety First Two representatives came from Mortenson Construction to talk about safety on the construction sites and about jobs in the field of engineering, architecture, and construction. They supplied us with safety hats, glasses, and gloves. A group of us worked on staining the bench backings. Another group worked on pouring in the concrete
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7/31/2013 Further Developments Design Decisions Since the client meeting, we finalized a more precise budget and decided we have the resources to build two benches and a game table. We split into Design and Build teams for the table and the bench, the Design teams working on design and construction documents, while the Build teams
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7/17/2013 Client Meeting Our Design-Build team presented the proposal ideas to the Ping Tom Park Advisory Council at the Chinese American Service League. Criticism The Advisory Council supported a temporary installment to facilitate park district approval, form a prototype, and combat vandalism. They wanted the design to be temporary but durable, and movable, but not easily
6/28/2013 Design Charrette The ACE Design Build team traveled to the Chinese American Service League to host a design charrette for Ping Tom Memorial Park. The design was initially supposed to be for a community garden, but as we split into different teams, new ideas surfaced. Approximately 20 ACE representatives, 10 community members, and multiple
