Uptown Entertainment District - Chicago Studio Fall 2012

JESUS BARNEYDANIEL HOOGENBOOMANDRES GARZA VILLARREALIN COLLABORATION WITH

JESUS BARNEYDANIEL HOOGENBOOMANDRES GARZA VILLARREALIN COLLABORATION WITH

JESUS BARNEYDANIEL HOOGENBOOMANDRES GARZA VILLAREAL

CHICAGO STUDIO IS A RESIDENT DESIGN COLLOBORATIVE HOSTED BY VIRGINIA TECH A+D. TO DEVELOP A RESONAT-ING THESIS-LEVEL PROPOSAL, STUDENT TEAMS ENTER LOCAL DESIGN STUDIOS TO EXPLORE PROBLEMS FACING NEIGH-BORHOOD INSTITUTIONS. THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL WAS DOMINATED BY VACANT HISTORIC STRUCTURES, HOMELESS AND VIGRANT POPULATIONS AND INACTIVITY. ON BEHALF OF 48TH WARD ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN, WE PROPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 50,000 GSF STRUC-TURE TO HOST SHARED THEATERS AND CLASSROOMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH.

1 HEART+PULSE PG 4-72 NIGHT VISION PLAN PG 8-93 ELEVATED TRAIN PG 10-154 STREET LEVEL INTERACTION PG 16-215 FOR THEATER ORGANIZATIONS PG 22-296 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PG 30-31

WHAT RUNS THROUGH YOUR VEINSAN ADAPTATION OF A 1990s ADVERTISEMENT BY Saatchi & Saatchi.

UPTOWN THEATRE, A 1920S MOVIE PALACE, HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC SINCE 1970. THE CORRIDORS THAT UPTOWN SITS ON -- BROADWAY AND THE RED LINE -- ARE AS IMPORTANT TO THE SO-CIAL STATURE OF THE AREA AS ITS ORGANIZATIONS. IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A PLACE INSTEAD OF A STREET OR A TRAIN, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO STAY AROUND.

UPTOWN

UPTOWN ROARED IN THE 1920s. IT HAD A LIFE THAT WAS UNLIKE THE CITY TO THE SOUTH. ENORMOUS MANSIONS SIT ON THE SAME STREETS, TOWERING THEATERS CASTS AN IMPOS-ING SHADOW TODAY. ENERGY PUMPS THROUGH THE VEINS OF THEATER ORGANIZATIONS WHO LOOK TO BRING LIFE TO UPTOWN, AS BALABAN AND KATZ DREAMED IT UP.

STRENGTHEN TRANSIT1 CONNECT PLATFORM TO STREET2 BUFFER NOISE3 DRAW RIDER ATTENTION VISUALLY

STRENGTHEN STREET LEVEL1 SAFER EXPERIENCE2 STRONGER AESTHETIC3 MORE MONEY ENTERING BUSINESSES

STRENGTHEN NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS1 NEW URBAN PARK2 PLACE FOR PERFORMANCE3 PROVIDING A PRIDEFUL PLACE TO LIVE WORK PLAY

IN ORDER TO BREATH LIFE INTO AN OLD THEATER CORRIDOR, WE FOCUS OUR URBAN DESIGN EFFORTS ON STRENGTHENING INTERACTION WITH THE STREET, WITH TRANSIT AND WITH LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.

THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RED LINE IS CHICAGOs MOST TRAVELLED ELEVATED TRAIN. ELEVATED FROM THE STREET, ATTRACTIONS CAN CONNECT WITH A RIDER VISUALLY. AT 10 MIN-UTE INTERVALS, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD AT-TRACTIONS ARE PASSED BY REGULARLY. THE PLATFORM SHOULD BE AS VIBRANT AN EXPERI-ENCE AS STEPPING ON TO THE STREET.

streets are modes of transportationwhen you have an urban campus it is not legible to have pedestrian paths and quads, those are the sidewalks

WHY IS IT CALLED GRIDLOCK

UPTOWN

LOOP

NEARNORTHSIDECHICAGO AVE 5 MINUTES

LAWRENCE AVE 35 MINUTES

EDGEWATERTHORNDALE AVE 45 MINUTES

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DAVID HOCKNEY ESTABLISHED A WAY OF EXPERIENING AN IMAGE BY PIECING TOGETHER FOCAL POINTS AND DEVELOPING A STORY. THIS AMPLIFIES THE WAY OUR BRAIN CAN SEGMENT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN -- ESPECIALLY AT THE SPEED OF AN ACCELERATING TRAIN.

AS THE TRAIN FLIES BY MOST INTERSECTIONS, VENUES AND THEATERS ARE SOMETIMES LOST IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RIDE, FROM PEOPLE WATCHING TO EMAIL TO LOOKING UP AGAIN. CURRENTLY, PIGEONS ACTIVATE THE SITE.

PLATFORM

AS A SERIES OF FRAMES, THIS NEW STRUCTURE WILL CONNECT THE PLATFORM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY. THE EXIT WILL PASS THROUGH THE INTER-NAL STRUCTURE, PAST VENDORS AND DOWN INTO A PLAZA TO WATCH PERFORMANCES IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER.

WITHOUT INCLUDING OF ALLOTEDPARCEL VOLUME ROADWAYS AND CTA

PARKS WITHIN SAMPLE SITE

REMOVE SURFACE PARKINGUNDER-UTILIZED BUILDINGSREPLACE WITH POCKET PARKS

BROADWAY WINDS THROUGH SOME OF THE CITYs MOST HISTORIC SCENES. IN LAKEVIEW, BROADWAY IS A SPECTACLE. ITS DIAGONAL ORIENTATION THROUGH THE GRID SLOWS TRAFFIC NATURALLY, BUT NEAR THE LAWRENCE INTERSECTION, IT ACTS MORE AS A HIGHWAY.

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BROADWAYS STREET WALL IS ALSO PUNCTURED BY STREET LOTS AND STRIP MALLS. TO BOOST PEDESTRIAN AND GREEN SPACE IN THE DISTRICT, RE-PROGRAMMING VOID SPACE WOULD HELP TO SLOW TRAFFIC AND ATTRACT BUSINESSES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT GET THE FOOT TRAFFIC TO OPERATE.

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BOUTIQUE HOTEL

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THEATER CIVIC CENTERUPTOWN THEATER

RIVIERATHEATER

OUTDOOR MARKET

and the realiton to its location, A clear conclusion was that these locations and the importance of two streets were directly related. The vitality that these streets generate focuse circulation of people, causing businesses and services to concentrate along these same streets.

BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATERRESIDENT MUSICAL

PROFIILESTHEATERRESIDENT NEW WORK

RIVIERA THEATERCONCERT HALL

ESSANAY STUDIOCHAPLIN’S PRODUCTION THEATER

CIVIC CENTERS RANGE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO ART AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. UPTOWN HAS CREATED A WEB OF VENUES FOR A CIVIC ENTER-TAINMENT CENTER TO SHARE SPACE AND IDEAS.

THE STREET AND THE TRAIN ARE INFORMAL PUBLIC SPACES. WITH A RANGE OF PERFORMANCE THEATER ROOMS OCCUPYING THE NEW SPACE, THE BLACK BOX THEATER CAN REPRESENT SHARED NEIGHBORHOOD SPACE WITH A SENSE OF PRIVACY.

IT GIVES ARTISTS A SPACE TO TELL AS STORY AND A CHILD A SPACE TO PLAY AND CREATE. ORGANI-ZATIONS AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WILL ENERGIZE THIS NEW CORNER INSTITUTION.

JESUS BARNEYDANIEL HOOGENBOOMANDRES GARZA VILLARREALIN COLLABORATION WITHJESUS BARNEY

DANIEL HOOGENBOOMANDRES GARZA VILLARREALIN COLLABORATION WITH

CASEY RENNER

DOM COPPER DREW RANIERI

TIM SWANSON POYER CONFORTE

RANDY GUILLOT CHIP von WEISE

JOHN SYVERTSON

SHEAN CHIEN

PHIL ENQUIST

ELI LECHTER

TOM HUSSEY

DOUG VOIGHT

BRIAN LEE

GABE WONG

MATT STEGMAIER

KENNETH MARUYAMA

ED KEEGAN

BRIDGETT BAKER THOMAS