Monica Chadha Licensed Architect, LEED AP
EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Masters of Architecture, 2002 – 2004
Archeworks, Chicago, Illinois Post-Professional Diploma in Architecture and Design, 1996-97
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Bachelor of Architectural Studies, 1991-95
SELECT PROFESSIONAL Obama Presidential Center, Exhibit Design EXPERIENCE Chicago lead for the design for the exhibit and interpretive planning of the Center. Civic Projects Virginio Ferrari Contemporary Arts Center Principal, Founder Studio, exhibition and workshop building on Chicago’s South Side 2014 - present Englewood Innovation Center Phase 1: EnglewoodBlue Design, Build, and Engagement for com- Architect and Program Facilitator for the build out of the South Side’s first busi- munity led projects. ness accelerator in partnership with Blue 1647 and the Greater Englewood Community Development Corporation (4,000 SF)
Englewood Innovation Center Phase 2 Architect and facilitator for the design and development of a cafe, business and kitchen incubation facility (18,000 SF)
Bronzeville Retail Initiative: Storefront Activation and Pop-Up Projects A series of build outs to develop opportunities for underutilized commercial spaces
Sugar Beet Food Co-op Architect and Program Facilitator Design and build out of food co-op in Oak Park, IL (6,500 SF)
Multi Family Residential Projects Architect, Developer and General Contractor Development of affordable housing in the Woodlawn neighborhood
Impact Detroit Light-Up Livernois, Detroit, Michigan 2013 - 2014 Pop-up Community Storefront and Events Founding Director 2011-2014 Livernois Corridor Retail Development: Ave. of Fashion 2013 - ongoing Supporting Revolve Detroit in creating and sustaining new retail along Corridor An interdisciplinary initiative affiliated with the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, Bridging People, Places and Ideas: France/Detroit Exchange 2013 focused on the implementation of commu- nity driven design initiatives. Community How-To Guides for Detroit residents and organizations A series of award-winning guides for community development processes
Youth Voices | Young Nation [Detroit] and Bronzeville [Chicago] 2011 Teen-led workshop, exchange and exhibition Converge:Exchange Community Tools for Affordable Housing Workshop and Symposium bringing the Center for Urban Pedagogy’s Housing Co-Founder Toolkit to local community organizations in Chicago 2008 - ongoing Structures for Inclusion 10+1 2011 Founded to bring together professionals, Co-chair and Conference Organizer community groups and activists to share Make Change Happen, a two-day conference focused on creating a dialogue experiences about innovative design strat- about community impact, improving the built environment and social innovation egies applied to the built environment. Converge:Exchange Symposium 2009 What Communities, activists and practitioners can teach each other: a dialogue [email protected] c:312.217.1570 pg 1/4 Monica Chadha Licensed Architect, LEED AP
Studio Gang Architects City Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois 2008-11 Project Manager (plan development through early schematic) Project Manager, Designer Mixed use residential and commercial building ($120 million) 2008-11 Juhu Beach House, Mumbai, India 2010-11 Project Coordinator and design team member
The Shoreland, Chicago, Illinois 2009-11 Project Manager and design team member 350 apartment units with ground floor retail ($55 million)
Harper Library, University of Chicago 2010 Design team member, restoration and redefinition of historic library
Burnham Competition, Chicago, Illinois Design team member Ross Barney Architects Cermak Station (CTA Green Line) Chicago, Illinois 2012-13 Co-Project Manager SD to CDs Project Manager, Designer 2005-2008 Consultant 2011-2014 Bloomingdale Line Elevated Park and Trail, Chicago, Illinois 2010-11 Framework Plan and Report
Cantigny War Museum Competition, Wheaton, Illinois 2008 Project Leader
Civil Engineering Building, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2007-09 Lead Designer (with Carol Ross Barney, FAIA) and Project Manager ($11 million)
Vision for Chicago Water Transit Service, Chicago, Illinois 2008 Proposal for Chicago 2016 Olympics
Morgan Street Station (CTA Green Line), Chicago, Illinois 2008 Team Leader
Champaign Public Library, Champaign, Illinois 2007-08 Project Manager ($23 million)
College of DuPage Early Childhood Education Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 2005-07 Designer and Project Manager ($5 million)
Johnson & Lee Architects Kennedy King College Campus, Chicago, Illinois Coordinated programming and design development ($110 million) Project Manager, Designer 2000-02, 1996-97 Community Center, Gary, Indiana Responsible for schematic design and design development ($6 million)
TEACHING Illinois Institute of Technology Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture, 2007-present Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate Studios Interdisciplinary Group Projects - Interprofessional Research Office [IPRO] Kranti [supportive housing for sexually trafficked girls in Mumbai] Urban Activators - a series of urban activation projects implemented throughout Chicago communities for clients including Bronzeville Bikes, Urban Juncture and Greater Englewood Community Development Corporation
Archeworks, Facilitator, 1999-2001, Strategic Consultant 2016-present [email protected] c:312.217.1570 pg 2/4 Monica Chadha Licensed Architect, LEED AP
RECENT GRANTS Surdna Foundation ($250,000), Kellogg Foundation ($500,000) and Detroit Future City ($200,000) (funded by Kresge Foundation) for Impact Detroit
National Endowment of the Arts, Artworks Design Grant
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for emerging social practices, SFI 10+1, Converge:Exchange ($5,000-$15,000)
Enterprise Community Partners Inc., SFI 10+1, Converge:Exchange ($5,000- $10,000)
SELECT HONORS Public Interest Design, Inaugural 100 Leaders List, 2012 AND AWARDS French Consulate Paris Fellowship Fall 2012
SEED (Social, Economic and Environmental Design), Competition Invited Juror 2011
Emerging Leader Award, Design Futures Council, 2010
American Association of University Women Fellowship
RESEARCH Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Research & Studies in Environmental Design, Research Associate Office of Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad, India 1996
Design development and research for a Agha Khan Foundation funded community housing project
Development of housing prototypes for low-income communities
AUTHORED Ethical Redevelopment Publication PUBLICATIONS Place Lab 2017, Design as a Tool for Ethical Redevelopment Chapter Impact Detroit as a Catalytic Converter, co-authored with Virginia Stanard, American Architecture Foundation 2013
Vision for Chicago Water Transit Service – a proposal for the 2016 Olympics (Ross Barney Architects w/ Arup, Kimley-Horn, Goodman Williams and Mayer Brown LLP)
Convention Challenged, 12 years of Archeworks, 2006
Good Deeds, Good Design; Princeton Architectural Press (Fall 2003), “Kurumono – a student designed prototype”
Orion Afield - “Community Building”, September 2000
SELECT PROJECT Bloomingdale Trail Framework Plan, March 2012 PUBLICATIONS Studio Gang Architects Reveal, Princeton Architectural Press, 2011, ‘Material Report’ Kranti IPRO Fall 2009
UMD Civil Engineering Building: several architectural publications including: Architect (AIA Illinois), Chicago Architect (2011 Design Excellence Award Win- ners)
Chicago Architectural Club Journal 2008 – Envisioning the Bloomingdale: 5 Concepts [email protected] c:312.217.1570 pg 3/4 Monica Chadha Licensed Architect, LEED AP
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Architects, Designer and Planners for Social Responsibility, Board of Directors, 2011-12
Sugar Beet Co-op Advisory and now Board Member 2012 - present
SEED (Social, Economic and Environmental Design) Evaluator 2009 - 2011
SELECT EXHIBITIONS AND Spontaneous Interventions, Chicago Cultural Center 2013 COMPETITIONS Where If Not Us? Graham Foundation 2013, University of Michigan 2015 Participatory Design and Its Radical Approaches A visual journey by Mathias Heyden & Ines Schaber
BURNHAM 2.0: A Composite Plan for the High Speed Rail City, Chicago Archi- tecture Club in partnership with 2008 Humanities Festival
Bloomingdale Line Ideas Competition: Reclaiming the Horto in Urbs, 2006
Urban Open, US Green Building Council, 2006 Third Prize
Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Housing Competition, Selected for Exhibition, 2004
60m2 Housing Exhibit, Chicago, Auburn and Mexico City 2002-03
Building a Community Housing Competition, Honorable Mention, 2000
Beyond a Crimson Light, Profusion, Faces of India; photo exhibits 1996-98
INVITED CRITIC, SPEAKER, City/Cite LECTURER 2016 Paris Catalytic Converter, Co-Lecture with Virginia Stanard 2013 Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Sustainable Cities Design Academy, American Architects Foundation, October 2011 and Summer 2013; Invited Expert
2011 AIA Illinois Annual Conference, November, 2011; Community Interface – How to Begin to Make a Difference, panel speaker
Design in Action Conference: What Went Wrong? Lessons in Failure + Response, Philadelphia, October 2011; panel creator and moderator
Structures for Inclusion 10: Development as a change agent for the good: SOS Children’s Village, Washington, DC 2010; conference speaker
Design Matters: Bridging the Gap between the Arts and Architecture Grantmaker in the Arts, Chicago Fall 2010 [panelist]
Learning from North Lawndale - Defining the Urban Neighborhood in the 21st Century, The Chicago Architectural Club’s 2006 Burnham Prize, Competition Coordinator
21st Century Park Competition, Graham Foundation, Competition Coordinator 2004
Structures for Inclusion 3: Can a student project become reality? Charlottesville, Virginia 2003; conference speaker
Association for Community Design Conference, 1998, 2000; speaker
Visiting Critic Nationally and Internationally
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