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Nine leading architecture firms reinvent Chicago’s second coast. These ideas demonstrate innovative concepts for placemaking and how to create a continuous and accessible pedestrian and bicycle path with integrated open spaces along the Chicago River edge.
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Architects' Visions - Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab
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Nine world-class architectural firms with experience...
- Architects' Visions
- The Civic Opera Edge
- The Congress Parkway Edge
- The Air Line Bridge Edge
The Civic Opera Edge is part of the downtown canyon, with the historic Civic Opera and Riverside Plaza Buildings on the east and west sides respectively. Unlike the Chicago Riverwalk to the north, the Civic Opera Edge site’s challenge is to create a human-scale, continuous path where buildings directly front the river.image credit: Lyric Opera Land...
Further south, the Congress Parkway Edge site sits alongside the Chicago River where three major highways and Congress Parkway converge. Pedestrian access to the riverfront is still complicated by high-volume traffic despite public space near the river (Grant Park is at the end of Congress Parkway) and the Congress Interchange Park completed in 201...
Located on the South Side outside of the downtown core, the Air Line Bridge Edge is bordered by a 62-acre vacant parcelto the north.The St. Charles Airline Bridge (a designated landmark) and Ping Tom Memorial Park are adjacent to the site. Goals for this site include incorporating the Airline Bridge into designs, linking the river with the existing...
Adjaye Associate’s approach to the River Edge has been to celebrate the unique qualities of each of the three sites—from the dense urban context of the Civic Opera House edge, to the distinctive infrastructural frame of Interchange Park edge, to the bucolic, undeveloped atmosphere of Ping Tom Park. Our goal has been to respond to these ...
Nine world-class architectural firms with experience designing award-winning riverfronts, parks and public spaces were asked to submit concepts for a unified river edge. Each firm has created their visions for three iconic sites along the Chicago River, with each site representing a typical edge condition: a building edge, an open space edge ...
The Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab is an exhibition of nine leading landscape architecture and architecture firms’ visions to reinvent Chicago’s second coast. Chicago has a long history of innovation on its rivers.
Sep 17, 2017 · The River Edge Ideas Lab is a one-of-a-kind, public exhibition of visions for the South Branch of the Chicago River. Located at Expo 72, 72 E. Randolph St., through Jan. 8, 2018, or online at www.ChiRiverLab.com, the public is invited to comment on the designs at the exhibit or online.
Mar 20, 2018 · The Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago is set to release a short video summarizing the public feedback received about the River Lab and riverfront design features. Click here for more information about Sasaki’s design submissions to the Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab.
