On behalf of the Chicago ACE Mentor Program, our 20 students, and the Santa Lucia School, I would like to thank everyone who has graciously donated time or materials to this year’s project. The project, or ‘Giardino’, as the students have termed it, is turning out beautifully, and it couldn’t have been done so well […]
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Client: Santa Lucia School, K-8 Location: Bridgeport / Armour Square Project Summary: A small urban school on the Southside of Chicago, shy on space but full of energy, was in desperate need of an outdoor space for their children. The ACE student team, with the support of professionals and volunteers, was able to help transform
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What has food, prizes and an open bar?! The ACE Summer Fundraiser. Join us September 1st at Howells and Hood where we’ll be partying with purpose. Register here: http://ow.ly/Q0wBt Tuesday, September 1st Howells & Hood, 435 N. Michigan Ave. Tickets: $50 in advance; $60 at the door Corporate Sponsorships: $500
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“Gabion benchtops – you can sit on them and they don’t shake!” -Rebekah, ACE teaching assistant
Gabion Benchtops are almost complete.. Read More »
July 31 2015 The Santa Lucia Giardino Team (ACE Design-Build Students) are very happy to report that we have FINALLY begun construction on site! On July 30 +31, students and instructors travelled to the Santa Lucia site with hard hats and work gloves to begin the formwork. Luckily, concrete donations (thanks CPMH + Ozinga!) allowed
Giardino Construction Has Begun.. Read More »
July 23 2015 Students Presented their designs for the Giardino to Santa Lucia last week, which were very well received. The proposal is to transform a neglected concrete side-yard into an outdoor classroom with gardens, murals and play spaces! The design was beautifully presented and we look forward to beginning construction soon! Matthew Snoap, ACE
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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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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