EVOLVING CHICAGO HISTORY

EVOLVING CHICAGO HISTORY IS A MASTERS PROJECT AWARD WINNING THESIS PROJECT. THE PROJECT TAKES FOCUS ON CREATING A HISTORY MUSEUM LOCATED ON IIT’S CAMPUS THAT THROUGH ITS CONCEPT TAKES THE IDEALS OF THE FRAME, MIES VAN DER ROHE, TECTONICS, SITE AND CHICAGO HISTORY AND HYDROLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, STRUCTURAL DESIGN, AND INTERIOR DETAILING AND CREATES A LANDMARK THAT ACTS AS A GATEWAY BETWEEN IIT AND THE REST OF THE CHICAGO AREA. THE PROGRAM OF THE PROJECT EXPANDS PAST THE VARIOUS EXHIBITS OF THE MUSEUM. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE SEMI-PUBLIC SPACES LIKE CLASSROOMS AND A LIBRARY, AND PUBLIC FLEX SPACES SUCH AS EVENT SPACES, AND RENTABLE EXHIBITION SPACES.

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