The University of Illinois at Chicago initiated in 2017 a new Center for the Arts as part of UIC’s 10-year master plan. The building will be sited at the northwest corner of Halsted and Harrison streets. The UIC has recently announced the shortlist to design the new center for the College of Architecture, Design and the Arts. Chosen from 36 teams, the finalists are:
OMA with KOO Architects
Morphosis with STL Architects
Johnston Marklee with UrbanWorks
The new 88,000-square-foot building will cost $95 million and will consist of a 500-seat concert hall, a 270-seat reconfigurable theatre, an exhibition hall, rehearsal spaces and a combination cafe and jazz club.
OMA in collaboration with KOO Architects have proposed a tent-like concept, featuring glassy towers connected by a sloping fabric roof. A six-sided concert hall is covered by a semi-translucent canopy. An eastern theater wing has a rooftop terrace. A mechanical facade opens onto the existing Harrison Field.
The doubly-curved roof is inspired by the swinging of a conductor’s baton.
Morphosis and STL Architects reveal a faceted project of terra-cotta, concrete and glass. Working together with global design and engineering firm Arup, they have created the hovering, burnt-orange building atop thin stilts. A drop-off zone leads into the interior lobby with Netsch-like cascading stairs with an angled wall of glass featuring views to West Loop and downtown Chicago.
More information about the three designs on:
https://cppm.uic.edu/CenterForArts/Index#Finalists – UIC’s Center for the Arts competition website
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