CHICAGO STUDIO
Fall 2014
Stevan Romo
Chicago Studio is an interdisciplinary design studio of 14 students from Virginia Tech and 4 students from Tec de Monterrey. For the first time, the collaboration includes Architecture, Interior design, Industrial Design and Urban Planning students, working together in 5 different firms: Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), CannonDesign, von Weise Associates (VWA), GREC architects and TEAMS Design.!
Here we are working in GREC, the new office, with, the Virginia Tech studying working in von Weise Associates (VWA). Aime, Nancy, Tom and Me. This is the new office. ! !
September 4 - 5! I started late in Chicago because of the delay of the visa. Once I got here I had 2 days to get to know the city as fast as I could and adapt to everything and everyone.! ! I got to met everyone at the end of week 2 of the program.! ! I also got to meet everyone in the new office at GREC, which is where I was assigned to. Me and my partner (Aime Cruz) helped with the moving process. Which was different of what the other where doing.! !
September 8 - 12!
September 15 -19 !
Monday, Technically my first day and week in the Chicago Studio. We had to work in the team of the firm to make radical conjecture 2; We get the info either Sunday night or Monday early morning. The assignment this week was to make a map, in an abstract way. ! ! Tuesday we had the weekly lecture. This time it was Charles Chambers from GREC architects, he gave a presentation on what he thinks of the modern world, in a very different and unique way.! ! Wednesday we had an intro from GREC architects. Don, one of the managing partners, made the intro of the firm to the studio. Also self “Pecha Kucha” were presented by each one of us.! ! Thursday von Weise Associates gave their intro to the studio, Chip Von Weise gave the intro, mainly on how they start to design.! ! Friday afternoon we had our review in the office of CannonDesign. ! !
Monday Aime and I went to VMA with Nancy and Tom, we had to work together for the assignment, we waited for Andrew, once we finished we went to the Chicago Public Library, to look up info from Pilsen.! ! Tuesday arranged all of the info, worked in GREC, and waited for Andrew and Don, had almost everything done that night. ! ! Wednesday we finished the “Pecha Kucha” for this assignment and presented it in VWA, the other groups, SOM and CannonDesign also gave their presentation. TEAMS Design was there, but they did not present.! ! Thursday – Sunday: Trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota.!