Contract Magazine - October 2017 - 72
Vertical Visions
A pivotal portion of the Chicago Architecture Biennial's
second iteration reprises the Tribune Tower design competition
Each rising to a height of
16 feet, the models on view
include "Tower and Palace"
by OFFICE Kersten Geers
David Van Severen with Peter
Wächtler and Michael Van den
Abeele (above, left); "(Not)
Another Tower" by Tatiana
Bilbao (above, middle); and
"Untitled" by Kéré Architecture
(above, right).
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The 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial-which features work by
more than 140 designers and runs through January 7, 2018-theorizes
the topic, "Make New History," as it positions canons of the past
as raw material for modern practice.
A central component of the biennial's second edition-curated
by artistic directors and architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee
of the Los Angeles-based firm Johnston Marklee-offers a conjectural
comeback of the 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower design competition.
The installation Vertical City rouses the neo-Gothic masterpiece on
North Michigan Avenue, with 16 contemporary architecture practices
responding to the tenets of the original design brief to produce
alternative prototypes of the storied skyscraper in the form
of 16-foot-tall towers.
An international roster of distinguished designers-including
6a architects, Barozzi Veiga, Kéré Architecture, Tatiana Bilbao, and
Sergison Bates, among others-each developed scaled models that
are laid out in a latticework across the Chicago Cultural Center's
double-height Yates Hall.
Conceived as a curved cobalt pillar perforated by large voids,
Kéré's concept alludes to the apocryphal Tower of Babel as it anticipates
the unification of cultural, work, and residential spaces within a single
building footprint. Structural and mechanical elements are pushed
to the exterior, creating a series of cascading, connected interior spaces
that emphasize human interaction. Bilbao's "(Not) Another Tower"
is a heterogeneous high-rise with a fragmented structure and patchwork
aesthetic that reference a city's historical layers. The design emulates
urbanization by segmenting the skyscraper into 192 plots with
14 collaborative neighbors.
Together, the architectural totems deliver a didactic
interpretation of the legendary contest that New York architects
John Howells and Raymond Hood claimed nearly a century
ago while also raising awareness of tall building design issues
that are important today. The models are a theatrical mini-metropolis
of vertical visions that address a host of present-day concerns
for the future of the built environment. -HAYLEY ARSENAULT
contractdesign.com
OCTOBER 2017
PHOTOGRAPHY: © TOM HARRIS
EXH I BITION
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Columnist: A Call to Service for Our Communities
HCD Expo Preview
Product Focus: French Connection
Product Briefs
Skypark
Central European University
At Six Hotel
IIDA Headquarters
Interview: Reflecting on a New Home for Design
Designers Select: Tables and Casegoods
Sources
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