CHICAGO STUDIO SPRING 2014
PATRICK McMINN
URBAN MAPPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE INTERNSHIP STUDIO
URBAN MAPPING
SUSTAINABILITY ACCESSABILITY DIVERSITY OPEN SPACE COMPATABILITY INCENTIVES ADAPTIBILITY DENSITY IDENTITY CASE STUDY: MOTOR ROW
Principle #1: Sustainability Heather Rosen Maru Padilla
The first principle of the book City Building: Nine Planning Principles for the 21st Century is sustainability. It is chosen to head the list because it is an overarching principle which impacts all the others. It is crucial for urban planners to consider the sustainability of a project throughout the entire design process. The principle of sustainability does not only refer to environmental factors, but includes social and economic issues. Sustainability is a holistic design approach. Sustainable urban planning can be broken down into two main efforts: conservation of the natural environment and smart city building. The natural environment needs to be carefully considered whenever designing a city. It is important to calculate the environmental carrying capacity of the land, manage the land use in an area, maintain clean air and water, conserve open natural space, and use local resources. The built environment must also be constructed in a smart way. Strategic plans include using energy efficient systems, making dense developments, implementing efficient infrastructure, and utilizing local building materials. Designing and building dense cities is a critical step towards achieving sustainability. Dense developments allow for maximum conservation of natural landscape and results in more livable spaces. In order to realize this condition, there needs to be cooperation and collaboration between regional and local governments. These groups working together can implement zoning and land use policies, inter-city transit infrastructure, economic sufficiency plans, and building code standards. Combining these elements will result in the planning of economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable cities.
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Planned vs. Unplanned
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Principle #2: Accessibility Kelsey Dressing Andrew Economou
Accessibility is about facilitating ease of movement and maximizing circulation. In order to design a more accessible city, one of the most important aspects to consider is the concentration of density within an efficient transit network. Compact developments can aid in reducing travel time, discouraging automobile use and encouraging walkability. By connecting concentrated pedestrian-friendly destinations with mass transit systems, the use of cars is reduced. In order to better serve the pedestrian, breaking down large areas into small blocks and streets can provide safer and easier crossings, while also giving the road system redundancy. If a breakdown occurs, parallel routes can provide traffic alternatives. When designing transit systems, having the ability to handle multiple modes of transport is beneficial. Transportation, circulation and access corridors should be considered when designing a city. Setting aside areas as land reserves for future transportation use can prevent possible demolition of buildings. Transit corridors should be located at the boundaries of districts without blocking important views to create more walkable areas. By reducing the size and radius of turns, traffic is forced to slow down, which makes the area safer for pedestrians. Another way to increase pedestrian comfort is to consider the street types and design treatments. Wider sidewalks, designated mass transit, automobile, and bike lines, and landscape treatments can all work together to create a more pedestrian-friendly area. In conclusion, considering the needs of pedestrians and transit requirements in design can lead to a more accessible city.
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Principle #3: Diversity Anna Knowles-Bagwell Aaron Williams
Diversification of a place occurs within two main categories; the built environment and the residents. The built environment can be varied through the conservation of natural landscapes or significant historic buildings, allowing for the character of a place to develop over time and authentically reflect its history. When developing new structures, design variation is important because it helps to increase visual variety. This can be accomplished by breaking larger parcels of land into smaller parcels and allowing different design approaches to take place. Design variation may be influenced by zoning laws, which over time vary building stock, or by simply allowing multiple design languages to be implemented. These strategies combine to create an urban landscape which is visually dynamic and representative of the people who inhabit it. However, simply creating an interesting and diverse building stock is not enough to keep people living and thriving in an area. Mixed use can be used as the umbrella strategy for diversifying the cultural elements which draw people to a place, allowing them to find their niche and stay there. In this case, mixed use means more than just variation in the amenities and program of a development. Instead, it incorporates a larger scale of thinking, including accessible transit and practical proximity between amenities. This concept of immediacy reduces the amount of sprawl, creating communities which are overall more viable for residents. It is also important to retain multiple levels of affordability within a mixed use development, thus maintaining economic diversity and combatting social stratification. When all of these elements are brought together, in combination with other proven urban strategies, the result is a place which is rich in character as well as visual and intellectual interest.
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Principle #4: Open Space Bryce Beckwith Adrienne Milner
The presence of open space within an urban environment is imperative for reasons pertaining to human health, natural habitats, and the quality of living environment. Open space should take into account the preexisting habitat and natural systems. When designing large open spaces surrounding wildlife, migration corridors should be preserved. The ground plane needs to remain porous to accommodate watersheds that often exist surrounding flood plains, rivers, and drainage corridors. The isolation of park spaces should distance habitat from human contact, creating various spaces of sensitivity to natural habitats. Recreation and urban landscape is an important type of open space for the health and quality of life within dense living conditions. Open space intended for recreational use and human activities should be programmed accordingly. The urban landscape should contain green spaces for environmental purposes that improve the quality of life such as cooling air, filtering polluted runoff, and absorbing carbon dioxide. Various scales of open spaces should be distributed within an urban fabric in accordance to easy accessibility. Lastly, open space is a crucial element of any built environment for the visual and spatial relief that it offers. Conserving man-made and natural landscape such as hills, rivers, parks, and skylight strengthens contextual characteristics. Views should be preserved, providing visual relief from the built environment, and highlighting landscaped contextual characteristics. Physical connection to these preserved views are important as it creates a release from cities and prevents the applicability of the island effect on the built environment.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
TOP: Large open spaces for habitat and natrual systems such as water runoff and watersheds. MIDDLE: Different scales of open park spaces for recreation in proximity to living areas. BOTTOM: Dense living conditions surround open space creating islands that isolate wildlife.
Principle #5: Compatibility Isaac Currey Lindsey Currey
“In deciding whether buildings are to stand out or fit in, the principle [of compatibility] suggests that elements of similarity are just as important in establishing a recognizable, identifiable sense of place as elements of singularity.” Throughout the process of design, context should constantly influence a project. This means checking the proposal against current conditions, and looking at it as a part of the whole of the city. Designers should reference not only the surrounding urban landscape of today, but also the city’s historical context. In addition, designers should try to account for future conditions, even postulate as to what changes their project might spark in the urban fabric. At the resolution of individual buildings, scale is a major factor in establishing compatibility. Parcel size, as well as height and setbacks can be regulated to form an urban consensus. However, allowances should be made for some variation, interest and relief. If desired, a height difference of up to two times can create a landmark building, but anything much above that will seem out of place and “freakish.” Likewise, over large parcel sizes break the continuity of the city. “A building should be respectful of its surroundings and of its time.” Beyond scale, designers are confronted with the temporal matter of style. In many ways, the built environment is a visual timeline of history. Every architect or planner of a new project has to ask themselves how much they want to reference and reflect the context, “respect [the] surroundings,” and how much do they want to deviate, in order to be “of [the] time?” How should the character of the building sit in this timeline? These questions are answered primarily through decisions of material and detailing, color and historical preservation. Compatibility is about the broader sense of place; about both similarity and difference. Seeking to respect the existing character and qualities of a site, compatibility in design makes way for the values of today and the possibilities of the future.
Principle #6: Incentives Patrick McMinn John Sturniolo
Incentives for expanding or building a city generally focus on areas that have underutilized land, infrastructure, or buildings. such as spaces that are in economic decline or brownfields. Development of these areas, often currently in economic decline or existing brown fields, can be carried out by either the government or private organizations. The most common incentives applied include provision of tax reductions, subsidies for land costs, new infrastructure, increased density allowances, public services, and open spaces. A growing, livable city is an attraction for talented individuals, who then contribute to the future successes of the city. Key to city development is the creation of new infrastructure according to a centralized master plan. The master plan, as a defined vision for the future of the city, provides a strategic approach for attracting new investments, economic growth, and overall development. Issues of circulation, location of open space, and phases of development are all central in the creation of an overarching plan for any community. Landscape beautification of streets, parks, and waterfronts can improve the way areas are perceived and have proven to be effective in generating positive interest. The consolidation of existing underperforming parcels as well as allowing for additional density can also make struggling areas more appealing to investors. Infrastructural improvements that create high-draw destinations or that make areas more accessible by public transportation increase the economic viability of future development. Transit oriented development is driven by the idea that growth which densifies near public transportation nodes will enjoy more success. The creation of public facilities such as airports, convention centers, ballparks, museums, performance halls, and educational facilities create new jobs and bring with them visitors and revenue. These destinations then increase the value of surrounding neighborhoods as new hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues move in, following the increased economic activity. SOCIAL CENTER
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Principle #7: Adaptability Rachel Montague Gregory Dalfonzo
Adaptability, as framed by Kriken, is focused on the goal of creating cities that are flexible over time. More flexibility enables designers to conserve resources and history as a city ages. Designers are expected to take into account the needs of a progressive urban landscape, while maintaining the vibrancy of the built environment. The main points of adaptability are centralized expansion, smaller modules, conservation of open space, and viability of communities. All of these topics overlap in their effects and intentions, developing a balance between adaptation and innovation. Centralized expansion supports an efficient and understandable cityscape. By maintaining focal zones of established areas, both the sense of incompleteness and debris from new construction are separated from daily life. The finished center serves as an orientation device for visitors. Planning with smaller parcels of land encourages the most efficient use of valuable space that centers on the pedestrian. Parcels can be combined to create distinct programmatic groupings that can later be reallocated as uses change. A high degree of walkability, supported by maintaining accessible walkways through larger buildings, connects these disparate elements of the city and supports collaboration. Open space is a precious commodity in the city. For urban dwellers to receive a share of wind, sun, view, and green spaces, cities must prioritize the maintenance and development of flexible open spaces. The economics of the city are such that the supporting elements of daily life must be integrated into every community. Shops, gyms, residences, and businesses can be developed in a mutually supportive way. The viability of communities also relies on simple spatial decisions. Engaging the street and pedestrians results in a more comprehensive use of buildings, which can support a change in program later in time. Most of the moves that support adaptability are common sense, but they are also often overlooked, as designers seek to develop their personal ideas. While the expression of concept is important in the success of a design, the awareness of and engagement with more general issues is just as crucial. Adaptability will make any design much more valuable, especially as cities become more crowded and adaptive reuse becomes mandatory. DIRECTION OF EXPANSION
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Principle #8: Density Ethan Bingeman Alec Yuzhbabenko
Density is defined by the number of people living or working on a given unit of land. It varies based on many factors, but culture is the most influential. Developing countries tend to have a density of about 100 square feet per family while more developed countries have about 1,000 square feet for every 2 people. Another determinant of density is the terrain in the location of a place. Mountains, rivers, oceans and other natural boundaries impose limits and dictate the urban fabric. When dealing with city design, there are three elements to consider in an effort to achieve a livable city: + Integrating transit with shopping, business, and entertainment with residential areas to support efficient transit and encourage walking. + A suggested density of 300 dwellings per acre to maximize views, sunlight, and adequate open space. + Establishing amenities (recreational, cultural, and supportive services) to activate the street at all times. Implementing these elements, higher density, mixed-use corridors connect areas by means of public transportation. Strengthening neighborhoods provide a base for the density to form. Protecting landmarks, parks, and industrial areas, which are essential to a city and neighborhood character, bring economic benefit for the density to thrive. Lastly, expanding open spaces begins to make the higher density more enjoyable for residents. Sprawling development destroys irreplaceable land, wastes energy and infrastructure, and causes millions of hours lost in commutes. Through transit oriented development, careful planning, and providing adequate amenities, these densities are sustainable, livable, and achievable.
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Principle #9: Identity Erin Young Catherine Ives
Identity is creating and preserving a unique and memorable sense of place. The primary sources through which cities achieve identity are natural features, climate, culture, and design. Because each one of these elements can vary, it gives uniqueness to cities because of the infinite combinations. The greatest challenge for modern city builders is designing fast-growing, yet livable cities. Such fast development can hinder builders from recognizing and utilizing attributes of a specific city, causing these elements to not have time to develop into rich and deep ideas. On the other hand, generic components of a city can stitch together the urban fabric in an otherwise dense area with too many variables. The generic then becomes the background for specific landmarks and cultures to develop a sense of place. A good city must involve the public interest to protect and enhance the city’s uniqueness over the private interest that threaten it. However, the development of identity can be inhibited by conflicting interests, such as too many monumental icons that don’t respect their existing context. Establishing identity within a city is difficult and can be faced with many challenges. Many of the issues are common among cities, such as environmental sameness, repetition of elements, places that are hard to comprehend, a sense of being lost, and a lack of natural features. By utilizing existing conditions and recognizing a city’s potential, it is possible to create a sense of identity.
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Issues: environmental sameness, repetition of elements, places that are hard to comprehend / sense of being lost, and lack of natural features
Case Study: Motor Row As Motor Row begins to gain a bit of economic momentum, it is important that developers and planners remember to pay attention to the principles laid out in this course. There are a few changes that could help the area grow in to an extremely vibrant, unique, and successful neighborhood. Several new hotels, the DePaul Arena, and McCormick place will collectively provide Motor Row with plenty of activity, bringing more and more investment to the area. Key to the growing success of the area will also be general accessibility improvements. The new Green Line stop at Cermak will be completed in a few months and will help bring more locals to the neighborhood. Increased bus frequencies and wider sidewalks would also be a positive to encouraging pedestrian activity along the streetscape. Strategically placed centers of activity could also provide possibilities to open the small alleyways to mostly pedestrian traffic. Motor Row already has one of the strongest architectural identities of any neighborhood in Chicago. Since the car showrooms were largely built over a 25-year period of time, they share a common architectural language and feel. This consistent appearance then allows for memories and identities to become associated with the buildings’ facades. Because of this consistency of design characteristics, generations of Chicagoans have invested interest in this stretch of Michigan Avenue whether it brings back memories of the roaring 20’s or of the Jazz Age. With increased investments, the area will be pressured to raise its overall density. When faced with these pressures, planners should be mindful that additions and new projects are compatible with the existing environment. The diversity in language and scale found here between historic Motor Row and the McCormick complex with the coming hotels has the potential to be a positive influence if handled with care. Additions within Motor Row itself should remain small in scale and easily adaptable without drastic change to existing buildings of historical significance. These small scale additions also allow for maintaining much of the vacant land as green space while activating them with various amounts of programming. This variety within the otherwise regularized row of buildings allows for multiple paths of pedestrian circulation as well. A major difficulty in developing any historically significant neighborhood is knowing what you must keep and what you should replace. Several buildings along this stretch of Motor Row are already classified as “possible non-contributing structures” due to their poor condition. How these buildings are treated will be one of the more important issues here in the near future. Each case will need to be examined on an individual basis and must respond to the contextual conditions at that time. Recently the zoning laws for Motor Row were altered to prohibit any additional residential units in the historic district. This is wrong and should be nullified. Residential activity is essential to preventing Motor Row’s degradation into an entertainment-only strip a la Las Vegas.
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Chinatown Island Chicago’s Chinatown is cut off from its surroundings by highways, traintracks, and the river, making it an island through boundary. This is a study that explores what the “island” of Chinatown would look like without boundaries. It dissects the cultural neighborhood into its constituent parts of nodes of activity, open space, and ordered residential. These parts are then reorganized around the idea of providing a rhythm to the island’s levels of activity in order to maintain Chinatown’s sense of community, which is aided by the populatity of the neighborhood’s social centers. Once these rhythms are established, Chinatown is able to grow organically while maintaining the same principles and qualities.
MEGAblock When combining the entire Cermak corridor into a megablock superstructure, new adjacencies become the central focus of the study. It is essential to both strong cultural communities of Pilsen and Chinatown that they remain isolated from too many outside influences. The underutilized industrial buildings can then retrofitted as hotels and services to support McCormick and its fluctuating visiting population. These islands of flexible use and activity mediate between the two neighborhoods and break the residential blocks into three horizontal subgrounps. The neighborhoods are broken down further by only providing access to the neighboring three levels via the central courtyard escalators.
Cartographer Deprived of all senses but one, hearing, the cartographer experiences the world quite differently than the typical person. Her ability to orient herself in her surroundings by this sense alone is extremely impressive. When thinking about constructing a home for her to spend most of her time in, this ability was of central focus. Opening up the old W. M. Hoyt building in the bridge district so that the majority of it is one acoutic space allows her to locate herself in this large structure. The individual rooms within this void also vary accoustically from eachother to aid in the manner in which she experiences her home.
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PILSEN HAS FOUGHT TO IMPROVE ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. THE PILSEN ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS AND REFORM ORGANIZATION RECENTLY HELPED TO SHUT DOWN THE FISK GENERATING STATION, AIDED IN CLEAN UP OF A LEAD CONTAMINATED SITE, AND OVERSAW THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE CERMAK STREETSCAPE.
THE BENITO JUAREZ SCHOOL WAS EXPANDED IN 2010, ADDING AN AUDITORIUM, SOCCER FIELDS, AND BETTER TECHNOLOGY. IN 2013 THE SCHOOL CAME OFF ACADEMIC PROBATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE.
ONE OF THE LARGEST HISPANIC EVENTS IN THE REGION, VIA CRUCIS DRAWS 1000’S EVERY GOOD FRIDAY. THE COMMUNITY REMEMBERS JESUS’ PROCESSION AND CRUCIFIXION.
THE THALIA HALL THEATRE IS CURRENTLY BEING RESTORED WITH THE ADDITION OF A BEER HALL AND PUNCH HOUSE.
LA CASA SERVES AS A RESOURCE CENTER FOR LOCAL COLLEGE STUDENTS. PILSEN RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO STUDY HERE SINCE THEIR FAMILY HOMES ARE OFTEN NOISY. NO MANCHES T-SHIRT COMPANY AIDS LA CASA YOUTH THROUGH SUPPLY DONATION AND OTHER PRO-EDUCATION EFFORTS.
THE CERMAK BRIDGE DISTRICT INCLUDE THE BEST RIVERFRONT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS FROM THE EARLY 1900’S AS WELL AS THE LAST REMAINING SHERZER ROLLING LIFT BRIDGE IN CHICAGO. THESE GREAT BUILDINGS REPRESENT THE PRARIE, CHICAGO SCHOOL, AND GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLES THAT WERE SO IMPORTANT TO THE CITY’S HISTORY. THEY HAVE BEEN USED LITTLE IN THE RECENT PAST, BUT THERE HAS BEEN RECENT INTEREST IN REZONING THEM TO ATTRACT RESIDENTS IN CREATIVE FIELDS.
THE CANAL STREET RR BRIDGE WAS THE HEAVIEST VERTICAL LIFT BRIDGE IN THE U.S. AT THE TIME OF ITS COMPLETION IN 1914. THIS LANDMARK CAN BE SEEN FROM NEARLY ANYWHERE IN CHINATOWN.
THE RIVER, DAN RYAN EXPY, STEVENSON EXPY, AS WELL AS THE ORANGE, GREEN, AND RED LINES ALL FORM BOUNDARIES OR SEGMENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
CHINATOWN SQUARE AND WENTWORTH AVENUE (BACKGROUND) SERVE AS CHINATOWNS TWO PRIMARY COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL HUBS.
PING TOM PARK IS WELL USED BY CHINATOWN RESIDENTS. THE NEWLY COMPLETED BOATHOUSE AT THE PARK’S SOUTHERN TIP IS ONE OF FOUR SUCH STRUCTURES BEING BUILT AROUND THE CITY. THIS WILL INCREASE CHINATOWN’S ACCESSIBILITY TO MORE CHICAGOANS AND PROVIDE ANOTHER SPACE TO HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS. DRAGON BOAT RACES AND THE DRAGON FESTIVAL CENTER AROUND CHINATOWN’S RIVERFRONT.
MOTOR ROW WAS ORIGINALLY HOME TO THE CITY’S AUTOMOBILE PRODUCERS. AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION DROVE THEM OUT OF THE CITY, JAZZ AND BLUES RULED THIS STRIP OF MICHIGAN AVENUE THAN MUDDY WATERS AND THE ROLLING STONES CALLED HOME HISTORIC CHESS RECORDS AND OTHER RECORDING STUDIOS. SINCE THE 1970’S, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS STRUGGLED TO REGAIN A STRONG IDENTITY, BUT ACTIVITY IS PICKING UP. BROAD SHOULDERS BREWING COMPANY WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST OF A NEW WAVE OF BUSINESSES OPENING HERE THIS SUMMER.
INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THE AREA SURROUNDING AND INCLUDING MOTOR ROW HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE NEW GREEN LINE STATION AT CERMAK WILL MAKE GETTING TO THE AREA MUCH EASIER FOR MUCH OF THE CITY. A NEW BASKETBALL ARENA AND SEVERAL HOTELS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE MCCORMICK/MOTOR ROW AREA. AS A RESULT OF THESE PROJECTS, THE SOUTH LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD IS POISED TO CONTINUE ITS RECENT GROWTH.
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RADICAL CONJECTURE OF SITE THE WALLED RELIC : MOTOR ROW
HISTORICALLY, MOTOR ROW HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO DREAM. IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THESE ORNATE STOREFRONTS WERE BUILT TO DISPLAY THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF PERSONAL FREEDOM THROUGH THE AUTOMOBILE. AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THIS STRETCH OF MICHIGAN TOOK ON A NEW IDENTITY AS A CULTURAL HUB OF MUSIC, ART, AND LITERATURE. JAZZ, BLUES, AND ROCK AND ROLL FLOURISHED HERE, EVENTUALLY ATTRACTING A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CHICAGOANS TOGETHER AROUND THIS RICHNESS. SINCE THE MID-70’S, THE AREA HAS BEEN MOSTLY DEVOID OF ACTIVITY OR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE. CURRENTLY, MOTOR ROW SITS BETWEEN THE MASSIVE MONOLITH OF MCCORMICK PLACE, WITH ITS EVER-CHANGING POPULATION, AND A NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. DUE TO ITS LARGELY VACANT STATE, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS UNDER THREAT OF HAVING ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORIC IDENTITY COMPROMISED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE FACADES OF UNUSED BUILDINGS HAVE FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR AND THE ONCE PROUD STREET WALL NOW INSPIRES THOUGHTS OF LOSS RATHER THAN CHEERFUL MEMORIES OF THE PAST. TO MAINTAIN THIS RICH HERITAGE, THE FACADE MUST BE LIBERATED FROM THE PROGRAMMATIC SPACES BEHIND IT AND DISPLAYED AS A RELIC. THIS IDEALIZED IMAGE OF A RICH PAST CAN THEN ACT AS A COMMON GATEWAY INTO THE FABRICATED WORLDS OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR PATRONS OF ALL VARIETIES.
PROPOSAL FOR MOTOR ROW A STUDY OF SMALL SCALE OPPORTUNITIES
MOTOR ROW WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO MANUFACTURE, STORE, AND SELL AUTOMOBILES AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ONCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION DID AWAY WITH THE GLEAMING STRIP OF AUTO DEALERS, THE BUILDINGS STRUGGLED TO ADAPT TO A CHANGING CHICAGO. TODAY, THE AREA PROMISES TO RISE TO PROMINENCE ONCE AGAIN DUE TO ITS ADJACENCY TO MCCORMICK PLACE AND THE INCREASING INTEREST IN THE SOUTH LOOP. AS PLANS ARE MADE FOR ITS FUTURE, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT MOTOR ROW’S CHARACTER AND IDENTITY ARE KEPT IN MIND. EACH BUILDING PROVIDES ITS OWN SET OF MATERIALS AND CONDITIONS THAT PROVIDE VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATING INTERESTING, EXCITING, AND PLEASING SPACES THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO EXPLORE. MOTOR ROW WILL THRIVE BY REPURPOSING ITS HISTORIC SHOWROOMS FOR A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, ENTERTAINMENT, AND COMMERCIAL USES, ITSELF BECOMING A SELF-SUFFICIENT NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS VARIETY OF PROGRAMS REQUIRES A MICROPLANNING APPROACH: DESIGNING EACH SPACE FOR ITS PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND EVENTUAL EXPERIENCE. FAÇADE, SEQUENCE, THRESHOLD, SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY, AND PERCEPTION OF ACTIVITY ALL REQUIRE THOUGHT WHILE DESIGNING SPACES THAT EMPHASIZE THIS RICH BUILDING STOCK THAT HAS STOOD PROUDLY FOR THE LAST CENTURY.
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