ToursSaturday, July 7, 2012, 8:30 AM–12:00 PM UIC: Transitioning From a Commuter to a Vibrant, 24-7 CampusUniversity of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the city's largest public research university, has a student enrollment of over 27,000 that is celebrated for its diversity. This tour will focus on the east side of UIC's campus, which was initially developed in the 1960's and based on architect Walter Netsch's award-winning master plan and design. The needs and goals of the campus have evolved since then, and as a result, UIC's leadership has focused capital resources on aiding the campus transition from being a commuter-only institution to one with a vibrant, 24-7 community. Capital projects have ranged from a large mixed-use neighborhood development to the creation of small student lounges in underutilized spaces. The goal of these and other recent capital projects has been to enhance the student experience. This campus walking tour will include visits to recently renovated 1960's classroom buildings, student lounges (branded Project Oasis), the library's newly created IDEA Commons, and the south campus mixed-use development. Cost: $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Large Public Research, 1960s Architecture, Mixed-use Development Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM School of the Art Institute of Chicago Student Center / Columbia Student Space Tour
The Leroy Neiman Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Columbia College Chicago Cost $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Facility Design: Campus Commons;Learning Space Design Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 12:30 PM–5:00 PM Northwestern University's Science Complex: Research Growth in a Tightly Constrained SiteA walk through Northwestern University’s science complex is a showcase of new laboratory and teaching facilities in an increasingly dense site with challenging buildings from the last century. This north campus complex has become a tightly packed collection of interconnected buildings, ranging from the Technological Institute (Tech, built in 1942 and renovated over the 1980’s and 1990’s) to Hogan Building’s very idiosyncratic labs (a Walter Netsch design from 1971), from Mudd Library (1976) and Cook Hall (1992) to a series of new buildings added over the last decade: Ryan Hall (2002), Ford Design Center (2005), Pancoe Pavilion (2005), Silverman Hall (2009), and Tech's infill buildings (two of which will be completed fall 2012). It includes facilities designed for flexible laboratory uses, as well as buildings difficult to adapt to changing research needs. Lobbies, interaction areas, and atriums provide spaces to relieve dense interior conditions. Ongoing implementation of the university’s Campus Framework Plan will provide exterior green spaces that engage and surround these tightly packed buildings, bringing this complex into Northwestern’s legacy of buildings interspersed with gardens. Cost $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Master Planning, Research University, Facility Design: Science, Renovation, landscape architecture Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Roosevelt University: Wabash Building Campus TourThe tour will consist of visits to two sites: Roosevelt University's Auditorium Theatre and Building and the Wabash Building (Roosevelt's "vertical campus"). Watch the May 5 ribbon cutting of the Vertical Campus! In 1946, Roosevelt University acquired the Auditorium Building. When it opened in 1889, it was the first mixed-use building in the country, with a hotel, offices, and theater. Designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, the Auditorium Building cost $4 million to construct. For a time, it was the tallest and heaviest building in Chicago and one of the first to have electricity. Over the years, Roosevelt has transformed the hotel rooms and offices into classrooms and offices and renovated the theater. The building is now a US National Historic Landmark. The Wabash Building is constructed to meet the needs of Roosevelt students now and in the future. It's connected to the Auditorium building in five places, saving the community the discomfort of walking outside between the buildings during Chicago winters. It contains modern classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, and new facilities for student life with resident suites for 633 students. The 413,000 square feet, 32-story building cost $118 million to build and furnish. It was being built on the site of the 17-story Herman Crown Center, a badly out-of-date residence hall Roosevelt constructed in 1973. Rather than upgrading it with the costly sprinkling system necessary to meet city codes, Roosevelt decided it would be more cost effective to tear it down and construct a new facility. In addition to the Herman Crown Center, a small office building to the north of the hall, the Fine Arts Annex, was torn down. Roosevelt preserved the Fine Arts Annex's historically significant façade, created by renowned Chicago architect Andrew Rebori, incorporating it into the design of the Wabash Building. Matching the 100-year-old terra cotta is one of the most challenging parts of the construction. The façade will be become part of the University’s bookstore entrance at the north end of the building.
Construction of the Wabash Building began in spring of 2010 and will be ready for classes in fall 2012. It is the sixth tallest university building in the world and the second tallest university building in the country. We call the Wabash Building a "vertical campus" because the natural and chemical science classrooms, the Heller College of Business, student services, enrollment management, student union, cafeteria, and an upscale residence hall are all in one tall building in an urban setting. This contrasts to many college campuses which have a lot of ground space for construction of each unit. Cost: $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
1. List the effects of having a national historic landmark as a working campus building, and how older buildings can be adapted for use in higher education. TAGS: Comprehensive University, Urban Campus, Facility Design: Mixed Use, Vertical Campus, LEED, Sustainability Continuing Education Credits: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 3:10 PM–6:00 PM Baseball!Baseball!Take in a Saturday afternoon ballgame at US Cellular Field and watch the White Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays. Game time is 3:10 pm. Registration fee includes a ticket in section 153. Transportation is on your own. Fans may ride the CTA Red Line elevated train to the ballpark. Catch the Red Line at Lake and exit at the Sox/35th Street stop. Cost: $44 USD Sunday, July 8, 2012, 8:45 AM–12:45 PM Innovative Responses to Contemporary Issues: Places to Live, Learn, ExperienceInnovative Responses to Contemporary Issues: Places to Live, Learn, ExperienceFounded by Jeanne Gang in 1997, Studio Gang is a rising international practice whose work confronts pressing contemporary issues. Conceived as a collective of architects, designers, and thinkers, the studio acts as a lab for testing ideas on varying scales: from cities to environments to individual buildings' unique material properties. The firm's provocative and alluring architecture is exemplified by such recent projects as the Aqua Tower (the 2009 Emporis Skyscraper of the Year), Columbia College Chicago’s Media Production Center (a cutting-edge film production and teaching facility), and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo (an educational pavilion and landscape that is quickly becoming a new Chicago landmark).
Aqua Tower—A Vertical Topography Shaped by Forces of the City
Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo—Re-imagining Landscape as City Infrastructure
Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center—A 21st Century Media Teaching Facility Cost: $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Studio Gang, Aqua Tower, Facility Design: Media Instruction, landscape architecture, Sustainability Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM University of Chicago Buildings Tour
THIS TOUR IS SOLD OUT. Wait List Available. Cost $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Private Research, Leading Architects, Chicago Architecture Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM University of Chicago Landscape TourThe University of Chicago was founded in 1890 in the collegiate gothic architectural style planned around interior-facing quadrangles. The campus is framed by one of the great series of Olmsted urban parks in the country—Jackson Park, the Midway Plaisance, and Washington Park. As the university has grown over time, the campus reflects a wide variety of landscape planning and design responsive to evolving needs. In addition to the original collegiate gothic quadrangles, designed in part by John C. Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and the courtyard gardens of Beatrix Jones Farrand, it has a botanic garden and is home to a wide variety of unique gardens and modern landscapes, such as the Midway Crossings by BauerLatoza Studio and James Carpenter Design Associates. Cost: $45 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Private Research, Urban Campus, landscape architecture, Olmsted Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Architecture River CruiseArchitecture River CruiseThe Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady is a "must" for out-of-towners and Chicagoans alike. Docents interpret more than 50 buildings along the Chicago River, revealing how the city grew from a small, back-country outpost into one of the world's most important crossroads in less than 100 years. The tour provides an overview of historic and modern architectural styles, plus many stories about the people who designed and built our city. Cost: $35 USD *This event is also available on Wednesday, July 11, from 1:30PM–3:30PM
Sunday, July 8, 2012, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Chicago Old and New: IntersectionsChicago Old and New: IntersectionsLed by docents from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, this tour takes a look at Chicago architecture from the 1870’s to the present—examining the intersections of streets, styles, and cultures in our cultural history. At five major intersections in the Loop, we will view buildings as elements of Chicago’s unique urban fabric. The tour compares the histories, styles, and functions of buildings located within sight of each other; it also examines the symbiosis between buildings and public art. Trace the evolution of these relationships as they yielded advances in building technology and secured Chicago’s place as one of America’s great cities. The tour features buildings from the Chicago School, the Beaux Arts movement, mid-20th century Modernism, Postmodernism, and the latest in architecture as designed by Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano. Included in the tour are examples of commercial, municipal, and cultural buildings such as the Marquette Building, Federal Center, Daley Center, Thompson Center, and the landmark Reliance Building. The tour culminates with a visit to Millennium Park, the ultimate Chicago intersection, where world-class art and architecture combine to celebrate our varied culture. Cost: $45 USD (private SCUP tour) *This event is also available on Wednesday, July 11, from 1:30PM–3:30PM
Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 1:10 PM–3:10 PM Millennium Park RevealedMillennium Park RevealedLearn how top architects, artists, and engineers collaborated with Chicago's movers and shakers to transform an ugly railway and surface parking lot into a park that has thrilled millions from around the world and become the envy of cities across the globe. Understand the inspiration behind Anish Kapoor’s huge, reflective Cloud Gate sculpture (nicknamed "the Bean"); Jaume Plensa’s ever-changing, high-tech Crown Fountain; and Frank Gehry's exuberant, sculptural Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion and BP Bridge. Discover the many ways Kathryn Gustafson’s Lurie Garden symbolizes Chicago history, and why the park is the world’s largest roof garden. Discuss how this remarkable public space has spurred residential and cultural development. Compare Renzo Piano’s elegant Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago with its flying carpet canopy and many connections to the park. See Jeanne Gang’s award winning, undulating residential Aqua Tower. Cost: $45 USD (private SCUP tour) *This event is also available on Wednesday, July 11, from 1:30PM–3:30PM
Continuing Education Credits: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 1:15 PM–3:15 PM Modern SkyscrapersModern SkyscrapersIn the years following World War II, Chicago established itself as a world capital of Modern architecture. Led by docents from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, this tour will examine many of the buildings that helped earn Chicago this reputation, from the elegant minimalism of Mies van der Rohe’s Federal Center to the brawny expressiveness of the Richard J. Daley Center. We also look at the rise of Postmodernism, as evidenced by structures like Philip Johnson’s 190 South LaSalle. Modernism is flowering once again in Chicago. We’ll look at contemporary examples like Trump Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing, and the recently completed tower at One South Dearborn. Cost: $45 USD (private SCUP tour) *This event is also available on Wednesday, July 11, from 1:30PM–3:30PM
Continuing Education Credits: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 5:30 PM–7:15 PM Mission and Community on an Urban CampusAdler School of Professional Psychology’s mission of social responsibility, community engagement, and social justice drove the design of its new urban campus. The school's goal was to construct a place that encouraged students, faculty, and staff to better connect and interact. The design of the space creates two dramatic two-story atriums on either end of the facility, promoting dynamic movement and visual connectivity between floors. Multiple types of break-out spaces foster a collaborative style of learning and provide opportunities for both formal and informal meetings or study. Classrooms are located on the perimeter, offering the best views of the surrounding city, and are framed by transparent glass walls, putting on display the open nature of learning. The new campus creates a home for students, faculty, and staff that reflects their commitment to connecting individual and community health. Cost: $25 USD. Learning Outcomes:
TAGS: Learning Space Design, New Campus, Professional School Continuing Education Credits: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 1:30 PM–3:30 PM Architecture River CruiseArchitecture River CruiseThe Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady is a "must" for out-of-towners and Chicagoans alike. Docents interpret more than 50 buildings along the Chicago River, revealing how the city grew from a small, back-country outpost into one of the world's most important crossroads in less than 100 years. The tour provides an overview of historic and modern architectural styles, plus many stories about the people who designed and built our city. Cost: $35 USD Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 1:30 PM–3:30 PM Chicago Old and New: IntersectionsChicago Old and New: IntersectionsLed by docents from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, this tour takes a look at Chicago architecture from the 1870’s to the present—examining the intersections of streets, styles, and cultures in our cultural history. At five major intersections in the Loop, we will view buildings as elements of Chicago’s unique urban fabric. The tour compares the histories, styles, and functions of buildings located within sight of each other; it also examines the symbiosis between buildings and public art. Trace the evolution of these relationships as they yielded advances in building technology and secured Chicago’s place as one of America’s great cities. The tour features buildings from the Chicago School, the Beaux Arts movement, mid-20th century Modernism, Postmodernism, and the latest in architecture as designed by Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano. Included in the tour are examples of commercial, municipal, and cultural buildings such as the Marquette Building, Federal Center, Daley Center, Thompson Center, and the landmark Reliance Building. The tour culminates with a visit to Millennium Park, the ultimate Chicago intersection, where world-class art and architecture combine to celebrate our varied culture. Cost: $45 USD (private SCUP tour) Continuing Education Credits: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 1:30 PM–3:30 PM Millennium Park RevealedMillennium Park RevealedLearn how top architects, artists, and engineers collaborated with Chicago's movers and shakers to transform an ugly railway and surface parking lot into a park that has thrilled millions from around the world and become the envy of cities across the globe. Understand the inspiration behind Anish Kapoor’s huge, reflective Cloud Gate sculpture (nicknamed "the Bean"); Jaume Plensa’s ever-changing, high-tech Crown Fountain; and Frank Gehry's exuberant, sculptural Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion and BP Bridge. Discover the many ways Kathryn Gustafson’s Lurie Garden symbolizes Chicago history, and why the park is the world’s largest roof garden. Discuss how this remarkable public space has spurred residential and cultural development. Compare Renzo Piano’s elegant Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago with its flying carpet canopy and many connections to the park. See Jeanne Gang’s award winning, undulating residential Aqua Tower. Cost: $45 USD (private SCUP tour) Continuing Education Credits: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 1:30 PM–3:30 PM Modern SkyscrapersModern SkyscrapersIn the years following World War II, Chicago established itself as a world capital of Modern architecture. Led by docents from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, this tour will examine many of the buildings that helped earn Chicago this reputation, from the elegant minimalism of Mies van der Rohe’s Federal Center to the brawny expressiveness of the Richard J. Daley Center. We also look at the rise of Postmodernism, as evidenced by structures like Philip Johnson’s 190 South LaSalle. Modernism is flowering once again in Chicago. We’ll look at contemporary examples like Trump Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing, and the recently completed tower at One South Dearborn. Cost: $45 USD (private SCUP tour) Continuing Education Credits: |
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