Running in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has opened Between States, a show which brings together over 50 designers to imagine the future of the city’s 50 aldermanic wards. Between States is the second iteration of the CAF’s multi-year 50 Designers/50 Wards project. Last year’s show 50 Designers, 50 Ideas, 50 Wards asked 50 young design firms to design for the city’s wards, while Between States asked a number of more established firms to take on a similar challenge.
Each of the firms was asked to address underutilized spaces in each one of their respective wards, as well as reference another project outside of the city in their design. The title of the show, Between States, is a play on this two-part brief, referring to the changing condition of the sites as well as the importing of references from other places. Firms were also asked to work with the community to assess needs and opportunities in the neighborhood they were designing in.
The show will run until January 7, 2018 in the CAF’s Atrium Gallery. The exhibition is curated by Martin Felsen, partner at Chicago-based UrbanLab.
Invited firms include:
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
AECOM
ARUP
Bailey Edward
bKL Architecture
Booth Hansen
CannonDesign
Cordogan, Clark & Associates
Dirk Denison Architects
eastlake studio
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Epstein
Exp
Farr Associates
Forum Studio
Future Firm
Gensler
Ghafari Associates
Goettsch Partners
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
HBRA Architects
HDR
Holabird & Root
JAHN
Legat Architects
Lothan Van Hook Destefano Architecture
Metter|Studio / Morris Architects, Planners
Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects
Pappageorge Haymes Partners
Perkins + Will Global
RADA Architects
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Site Design Group
SmithGroup JJR
SMNG A
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
SOM
Space Architects + Planners
Stantec
STL Architects
Terry Guen Design Associates
Thornton Tomasetti
Tom Brock Architect
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Vinci Hamp Architects
Vladimir Radutny Architects
von Weise Associates
Weese Langley Weese
Wight & Company, Lohan Studio
Woodhouse Tinucci Architects
Worn Jerabek Wiltse Architects