Chicago Studio Fall 2022 Midterm Review
At the Chicago Studio Fall 2022 midterm review, students presented their work to host firm participants, mentors, and guest critics. Please see selected project work from each group.
In collaboration with the Chicago Department of Planning and the Chicago Philharmonic, students have developed a conceptual site that includes rehearsal and performance spaces, community cafes and outdoor spaces and a multitude of affordable housing units.
Chicago Studio is a development course in which students are involved in three critical points of learning: an integrated design studio, a building technology seminar and a professional practice seminar. This distinct curriculum conveys the reality of the profession and role of the architect through individual, small group, and large group work providing insight into everything from standard drawing notions to electrical and plumbing systems to client communications.
Group 1 - Tucker Rossi and Konstantin Yeshcheulov: A combination of hand drawn and digital, this proposal incorporates the best of both worlds into an aesthetic and ambitious concept, highlighting their design process through a series of developmental renderings.
Group 2 - Nathan Brannon and Kazuki Mitsunaga: visually appealing computer-aided drawings not only break down the various aspects of their proposal, but also demonstrate how it would reshape the adjacent street, improving upon local transportation.
Group 3 - Isabella Sakolish and Holly McNeilly: utilizing a plethora of organic shapes across a multitude of layers creates a free-flowing structure that effectively connects the building to nature.
Group 4 - Lindsy Custer and Ian Bell: the design focuses on object-field relationships to develop a fluid unifying structure that folds to form roofs, walls, and balconies. Drawings show a series of individual events culminating to form the whole.
Group 5 - Edward Hu and Hao Yan: the exterior façade responds to the neighborhood’s existing architecture; their concept blends in smoothly while simultaneously creating a pocket of organic curvature and central courtyard spaces.
Group 6 - Jack O'Connor and Seth Tucker: the design establishes autonomy in form and programming using concepts of rhythm, scale, and proportion. Their broader concept is to define a landmark that can initiate community development and create a cultural incubator.
