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Hope springs from new Chicago college building A new Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering Center (MTEC) at Chicago’s Daley College is designed to inspire not just students but the entire local community to get involved in the industry.
By: JGMA Rising from the transformed parking lot in the city’s Southside, the MTEC project speaks to issues larger than architecture; it seeks to revitalize a Chicago southwest neighborhood by creating a connective message that all are significant and welcome. Daley College tasked JGMA with removing the negative stereotypes that exist in the workforce when pertaining to manufacturing careers. Often suggesting these careers as devoid of dignity and reserved typically for minority populations. The project reverses the misconception through a design focused on celebrating state-of-the-art manufacturing spaces and proves careers in this industry require tech and skills as advanced as any other.
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