This week we went to the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) where they hosted the Lego Lab workshop. Jesse from CAF gave a presentation on the process of design. After the presentation, we were asked to create a duck in 10 seconds out of Legos. We were then asked to pass our ducks to the person […]
This week, students and mentors met at CannonDesign’s office to further explore space planning and site strategies for their school. Precedent images of applicable program spaces such as Student Hubs, Maker-Labs, Admin Support/Dining and Bio-Tech Classrooms were presented by mentors from CannonDesign, as well as a massing and adjacency survey that helped students reimagine which
This week, we learned about elevations and exterior cladding. An elevation is a flat representation of one side of the building. Elevations can describe the form of a building parallel to the point at which the representation is taken. Frequently, elevations are taken and described by direction. For example, a building’s North elevation, South elevation, West
The Design Project – A Visit from the CLIENT Those who have learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. -Charles Darwin What: Project Schedule PK / Teamwork towards achieving milestones & client comments / SITE & NEW BUILDING Presentations Where: Stantec, 224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400 When: Thursday, February 2, 5:00 –
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The Design Project – Team Milestones and Presentations Architecture is bound to situation… the site is a metaphysical link, a poetic link to what a building can be. -Steven Holl What: Budget PK / Teamwork towards achieving milestones & client comments / NEW BUILDING & STRUCTURES Presentations Where: Stantec, 224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400
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This week we brainstormed our building programming and started conceptualizing our program layout. Team 7 will be looking at a structural reuse of the Morton Salt site, which is a former industrial site on the near northwest side of the city that’s roughly bordered by Elston Ave to the west, the Chicago River and Goose
Students and mentors met at CannonDesign’s office. As an introduction to program and massing, a presentation was given by mentors from Mortensen and CannonDesign highlighting the importance of coordination between design and the engineers. The engineers shared information about file sharing, Integrated Project Delivery, and 3D model as it pertains to building massing. After this
We’ve had an exciting two weeks! We are finally determining the details of our project. Week 8 started off with a structural plan scavenger hunt. In small groups, students searched through a couple full-size prints of structural engineering sheets from a building project. They had a list of things to find, and they were able
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Students and mentors met at Thornton Tomasetti’s office. CannonDesign organised for a speaker to present their research and master plan ideas for the Great Rivers Chicago project to the students. After the presentation the students were divided into 5 groups to develop program ideas for the proposed project. The five groups were: Bio-Tech Maker-Lab Site
The Design Project – Team Milestones and Presentations Design is thinking made visible – Saul Bass What: Structures PK / Teamwork towards achieving milestones & client comments / OLD BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION Presentations Where: Stantec, 224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400 When: Thursday, January 19, 5:00 – 7:00 pm Why: Materials engineer Mentor gave an overview PK presentation
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