Heliomorphic Chicago

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Heliomorphic Chicago imagines the radical revision of Chicago’s urban form through optimized solar performance. The project makes new history by presenting a pair of counterfactual futures—two Chicagos that might have been. These alternative visions are modeled through specific parameters of solar access and ecological performance. The project presents alternative potentials for many of Chicago’s iconic buildings as opposing pairs, optimized in relation to either social equity or sustainable energy. Heliomorphic Chicago posits a pair of alternative histories for Chicago’s collective urban identity as derived from the simple, yet intractable, opposition of zero-sum economies —solar equity on one hand and solar energy on the other. Charles Waldheim with Harvard GSD Office for Urbanization and Siena Scarff Design




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Thompson Center

Merchandise Mart

Auditorium Building

Wrigley Building

Monadnock Building

860–880 Lake Shore Drive

Metropolitan Correctional Center

Inland Steel Building

333 Wacker Drive

Crain Communications

Carbide & Carbon Building

Tribune Tower


Daley Center

Chase Tower

Federal Center

Prudential Plaza

Aon Center

Lake Point Tower

John Hancock Tower

Marina City

Chicago Board of Trade

Aqua Tower

Willis Tower

Trump Tower


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860–880 Lake Shore Drive


860–880 Lake Shore Drive

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Merchandise Mart


Merchandise Mart

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Crain Communications


Crain Communications

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Marina City


Marina City

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Lake Point Tower


Lake Point Tower

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Willis Tower


Willis Tower

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thanks to Mohsen Mostafavi Pat Roberts Kevin Cahill Rachel Vroman Christopher Hansen Harvard GSD FabLab HAL Robotics by Thibault Schwartz and Autodesk BUILD Space, Boston

Charles Waldheim with Harvard GSD Office for Urbanization Aziz Barbar, project lead Matthew Moffitt, research assistant Daniel Quesada Lombo, modeler Amir Karimpour Helen Kongsgaard Fletcher Phillips Christopher Reznich Lane Raffaldini Rubin Dana Shaikh Solaiman Isabel Strauss Jessy Yang and Siena Scarff Design


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officeforurbanization.org charleswaldheim.net sienascarff.com

Chicago Architecture Biennial September 16, 2017 — January 7, 2018 Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington Street Sydney R. Yates Gallery



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