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Title: Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay
Creator: Wankel, Jordan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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Title: Cohousing Dallas
Creator: Justin, Vaughan
Date: 2010-05-01, 2010-05-01
Description: 20 Households participated in the process of creating this Cohousing proposal. Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents...
Show more20 Households participated in the process of creating this Cohousing proposal. Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhoods. The interactions with the participants included conversations and questionnaires aimed at bringing forth desired qualities of a residence and a larger community. The design proposal of this project attempts to reflect the individualities and shared qualities of its future cohabitants.
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Title: Chicago Casino: GrainElevatorReuse_CasinoBoard
Creator: Sholar, Scott
Date: 4/13/2011, 2011-05
Description: Transforming abandoned grain elevators while redefining the normal Casino typology. Understanding the capabilities of abandoned grain...
Show moreTransforming abandoned grain elevators while redefining the normal Casino typology. Understanding the capabilities of abandoned grain elevators and how they can be reused to create a successful design.
Sponsorship: Felsen, Martin
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Title: Graduate Student Dwelling: HEJanicaFinalBoard
Creator: Janica, H
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The project will seek to create an environment for that fosters living, community, and learning for graduate students at Illinois Institute of...
Show moreThe project will seek to create an environment for that fosters living, community, and learning for graduate students at Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Title: Library ReDefinition
Creator: Avery, Brian
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The Alcuin Library was designed in the 1960's by Marcel Breuer when the purpose of a library was to provide storage of, and access to,...
Show moreThe Alcuin Library was designed in the 1960's by Marcel Breuer when the purpose of a library was to provide storage of, and access to, information. This project is an addition and renovation of the existing academic library into a campus center concentrated on learning information.
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Title: A Mixed Use High Rise in Mumbai: Mixed Used High Rise_Irshad_Saleji
Creator: Saleji, Irshad
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: C-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement...
Show moreC-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement in infrastructure, which has led to narrow street, unsafe pedestrian and limited open space. C-ward in one of the most prime real-estate location considering it right next to financial district , close to major train station and close to Shoreline. ROMF (Remaking of Mumbai Federation) has taken the initiative to develop the C-ward and the project site part of ROMF development area. City centers have always been source of density because of scarcity of land. The sensible and effective use of such land would be to build vertical (high-rise) and also to have the possibility of expansion for the future development. A mixed use high rise development diversifies the use of space within a single building structure. Combination of living, entertainment, shopping and lodging in single urban structure, helps to utilize the full potential of an urban site.
Sponsorship: Durbrow, John
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Title: Library ReDefinition: LibraryRedefinitionBoard
Creator: Avery, Brian
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The Alcuin Library was designed in the 1960's by Marcel Breuer when the purpose of a library was to provide storage of, and access to,...
Show moreThe Alcuin Library was designed in the 1960's by Marcel Breuer when the purpose of a library was to provide storage of, and access to, information. This project is an addition and renovation of the existing academic library into a campus center concentrated on learning information.
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Title: Room For Growth: Room for Growth_Supplement Appendix
Creator: Mckenzie, Jennifer
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The project is a resource center for formally incarcerated people returning to civil society. Many transitional facilities are overrun with...
Show moreThe project is a resource center for formally incarcerated people returning to civil society. Many transitional facilities are overrun with the great flux of people reentering society every year. Room for Growth project proposes to stabalize this group of people by offering another option of counseling centers, housing and work training facilities in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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Title: Digital Urban Park: Apr 27 Board V2
Creator: Thornton, Alastair
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project is a park that utilizes social networks and interactivity to convey and make physical the internet. This is explored through...
Show moreThis project is a park that utilizes social networks and interactivity to convey and make physical the internet. This is explored through three parts and varying levels of group interaction between both the users of the space and by the spaces direct influence from the internet.
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Title: The Brownfield Renewal Recreation Center
Creator: Babakhanian, Rosika
Date: 5/10/2011, 2011-05
Description: This Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet...
Show moreThis Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet region was once the largest and richest wetland in lower north America, but 120 years of intensive industrialization, pollution and waste disposal tailored the ecosystem of this region and resulted in thousands of acres of brownfields.
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Title: FoodLab - A revitalization strategy for the Pari yard, Sao Paulo - Brazil: MariaGarese_MastersProjectBook_FoodLab
Creator: Lussich Garese, Maria Fernanda
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project aims to develop a new design strategy to redevelop the Pari yard and reclaim the adjacent Tamanduatei river by turning it into an...
Show moreThis project aims to develop a new design strategy to redevelop the Pari yard and reclaim the adjacent Tamanduatei river by turning it into an operative landscape. A holistic system to harverst, clean and reuse the abundant summer rainfall was created in order to enable a highly sustainable urban redevelopment.
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Title: The Odd Couple: FINAL POSTER
Creator: Bacheller, Tim
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The socio-political structure of Belgium, a whole containing disparate parts, serves as the catalyst for The Odd Couple: two individual...
Show moreThe socio-political structure of Belgium, a whole containing disparate parts, serves as the catalyst for The Odd Couple: two individual secondary schools in Brussels, one Dutch-speaking, the other French-speaking, sharing the same site. The common element shared among the two schools is the public realm. Rather than shunning the public, the public is encouraged to actively engage in activities within the building. In this way the common spaces throughout the building take on the role of serving the needs and desires of both schools and the public, resulting in the necessity for dialogue and cooperation. By filtering program through a socio-political lens, a “school” typology emerges that emphasizes interaction and extramural learning.
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Chicago Intermodal Commuter Transit Development
Creator: Strailman, Chris
Date: 4/27/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project focuses on the connectivity of different forms of transit and different neighborhoods in Chicago. Starting at the scale of city...
Show moreThis project focuses on the connectivity of different forms of transit and different neighborhoods in Chicago. Starting at the scale of city wide transit systems, it narrows down to a specific node and deals with the design and planning of a transit oriented development.
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Title: waterWORKS: Reed Webster Final Book
Creator: Webster, Reed
Date: 5/3/2011, 2011-05
Description: Water shortages will be a global problem by the year 2025. With the Great Lakes Basin accounting for 95% of the fresh water in the United...
Show moreWater shortages will be a global problem by the year 2025. With the Great Lakes Basin accounting for 95% of the fresh water in the United States it will soon become our most valuable natural resource. In re-defining urban relationships to the Great Lakes a healthy, ecologically stable, and regenerative water system can become our greatest national asset. Providing a prototype solution for one of these urban areas (Traverse City, MI) may set a precedent for long term protection of the Great Lakes.
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Title: A Mixed Use High Rise in Mumbai: Board_MixedUse_Irshad_Saleji
Creator: Saleji, Irshad
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: C-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement...
Show moreC-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement in infrastructure, which has led to narrow street, unsafe pedestrian and limited open space. C-ward in one of the most prime real-estate location considering it right next to financial district , close to major train station and close to Shoreline. ROMF (Remaking of Mumbai Federation) has taken the initiative to develop the C-ward and the project site part of ROMF development area. City centers have always been source of density because of scarcity of land. The sensible and effective use of such land would be to build vertical (high-rise) and also to have the possibility of expansion for the future development. A mixed use high rise development diversifies the use of space within a single building structure. Combination of living, entertainment, shopping and lodging in single urban structure, helps to utilize the full potential of an urban site.
Sponsorship: Durbrow, John
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Title: Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay Board
Creator: Wankel, Jordan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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Title: The Odd Couple
Creator: Bacheller, Tim
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The socio-political structure of Belgium, a whole containing disparate parts, serves as the catalyst for The Odd Couple: two individual...
Show moreThe socio-political structure of Belgium, a whole containing disparate parts, serves as the catalyst for The Odd Couple: two individual secondary schools in Brussels, one Dutch-speaking, the other French-speaking, sharing the same site. The common element shared among the two schools is the public realm. Rather than shunning the public, the public is encouraged to actively engage in activities within the building. In this way the common spaces throughout the building take on the role of serving the needs and desires of both schools and the public, resulting in the necessity for dialogue and cooperation. By filtering program through a socio-political lens, a “school” typology emerges that emphasizes interaction and extramural learning.
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Moksha Tower
Creator: Fu, Yalin
Date: 2011-03, 2010-05
Description: In India, death is considered one of the most important stages of the whole human process.And the traditional funeral process occupied a great...
Show moreIn India, death is considered one of the most important stages of the whole human process.And the traditional funeral process occupied a great quantity of land in a country with a big population.Moksha tower(cemetery tower) created a high-rise cemetery in order , to free up previous ground floor cemetery green space for recreation. This would create a vertical resource for the handling and disposal of dead bodies, which would provide storage for the dead for only limited a period of time, in order to ensure adequate capacity to continually accommodate new dead.
Sponsorship: Wood, Antony
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Title: Latino Cultural Center in Chicago
Creator: Vidal, Francisco
Date: 2010-05-01, 2010-05-01
Description: As Latino immigrant families assimilate in to U.S. Society there is the risk that future generations will not learn about their history,...
Show moreAs Latino immigrant families assimilate in to U.S. Society there is the risk that future generations will not learn about their history, culture and traditions. Many Latin people born in the United States do not learn about their heritage, they just adapt to the American lifestyle. There is a need for new infrastructure that works as cultural exchange and support for this community. This Cultural Center is intended to be part of the existing downtown cultural infrastructure. The idea is to include it as part of the cultural and educational organizations in order to integrate it with tourism.
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Title: Far Eastern Spatial Techique Utilized in Architectural Design
Creator: Qian, Zhao
Date: 2010-05-01, 2010-05-01
Description: This project spans techniques used in path, enclosure, play of light, perspective illusion, and time measurement. Concepts are arrived at by...
Show moreThis project spans techniques used in path, enclosure, play of light, perspective illusion, and time measurement. Concepts are arrived at by rational thought, expressing individual experience accessible by persons practicing meditation.
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