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Chicago-Architect-Magazine.Pdf MARCH // APRIL // 2016 DIVERSITY IN THE PROFESSION ON THE RISE, AIDED BY NEW INITIATIVES // 34 THE PRITZKER PRIZE // 42 M A RAIACHICAGO.ORG C H // A PR I L // 2 016 1 PRESIDENT’S LETTER PUBLICATION DIRECTOR Zurich Esposito [email protected] EDITORS Anjulie Rao [email protected] Deanna Strange [email protected] DESIGNER Matt Wood ADVERTISING SALES January began with a call to explore the women. It is vital that we focus on diversity Innovative Publishing power of our collective connections and of mentors as much as diversity of our [email protected] foster involvement in our organization, mentees. This is a role that I have taken 844.423.7272 schools and communities. There is a natural seriously for most of my professional career, Cover design by HK Anders at synergy with this first call and the second and we need those of all genders, ethnicities This New Forest part of my focus this year, which is that our and backgrounds to reach out and guide the outreach can help us realize greater new generation of architects. diversity in our firms and our profession. We can begin this call to mentorship by The topic of diversity perhaps comes inviting younger architects to join us in our naturally to me as a woman business owner work in our communities. Prairie who has seen many sides of the design and Grassroots, Thursday, March 24, would be a building professions, but I believe that this great time to ask a student, young architect is increasingly important to all AIA or colleague to become involved by speaking members, from associates to emeriti. to our representatives in Springfield. The article in this issue highlighting We will also celebrate the diversity of recent NCARB data on gender and racial our profession during our Small Projects diversity at various stages of architectural Awards & Exhibition on Thursday, May 5. careers is encouraging and thought It is a fantastic opportunity to see an provoking. There are clear strides in a more amazing array of work by our small firm diverse gender and ethnic background in practitioner members. our architecture schools; yet there is work to As we move into spring, my thoughts be done on retention, pay equality and job turn to the outdoors and the ecosystems satisfaction to ensure that these talents stay that shape our region. Diversity is the key to with us for the long term. health in our regional habitats, and we can Two issues from this article resonate with take a cue from nature’s survival strategy: me personally. The first is the need to value our firms, our work and our profession are the contributions of younger members in all stronger through diversity of thought, our firms and in our organization in ways opinion, expertise and experience. We are that will be different than past practices. all part of making this a success. Chicago Architect, the primary outreach There is no one answer to the right path for tool of AIA Chicago, is published six the future, but changing our models to be times a year as an authoritative resource for architects, the larger design commu- the gathering places for young people in the nity and the public about architecture future will be the key to our success. We all and related issues of interest to Chicago benefit from their time, talent and energy. architects. The magazine communicates The second matter is the statistic that Dawn Schuette, FAIA industry trends, the value of high-quality only 15 percent of IDP supervisors are design and the role of AIA Chicago and its members in the world of architecture. facebook.com/chicagoaia aiachicago.tumblr.com twitter.com/aiachicago vimeo.com/aiachicago Printed February 2016 M A R C H // A PR I L // 2 016 5 2016 AIA CHICAGO DIRECTORY CHICAGO ARCHITECT 2016 KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES CHAPTER STAFF ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMUNITY INTERFACE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Thomas Braham, AIA Chey Hsiao Taylor, AIA, co-chair Zurich Esposito Peter Exley, FAIA Alexis Stumpf, Assoc. AIA, co-chair PROGRAM DIRECTOR Peter Schlossman, AIA DESIGN Joan Pomaranc Linda Searl, FAIA Gregory Klosowski, AIA, co-chair PROGRAM MANAGER Brett Taylor, AIA Katherine LaCourt, Assoc. Allison Garwood Freedland P.K. 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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Laura Crane, Assoc. AIA, co-chair The American Institute of Vuk Vujovic, Assoc. AIA 2030 COMMITMENT WORKING GROUP Architects is the voice of the Laura Crane, Assoc. AIA Arathi Gowda, AIA, co-chair architectural profession and PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATE Scott Farbman, AIA, co-chair the resource for its members in DIRECTOR BUILDING ENCLOSURE CHICAGO COUNCIL service to society. Fred Berglund, Affiliate AIA Anthony Cinnamon, chair Avraham Mor, Affiliate AIA Sarah Flock, AIA, past chair STUDENT DIRECTOR Emma Camilleri, AIAS AIA ILLINOIS DELEGATE Fred Brandstrader, AIA Janeen Harrell, AIA Ellen Dickson, AIA Correction: In the January/February 2016 issue, Richard Nickel was referred to as an architect; he was a historic preservationist and architectural photographer. However, as Richard Cahan says, “He was an architect at heart.” Chicago Architect is printed with zero-VOC ink on 10-percent post-consumer waste stock. MARCH // APRIL // 2016 CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS 36 10 // FAÇADE WHAT THE “L” IS TRANSIT- ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? Brininstool + Lynch’s Logan Square Housing Inspires Human-Powered Transit BEAUTY WITHOUT SACRIFICE: 2016 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Winner Announced LOHAN AND WIGHT’S NEW LANDSCAPE 16 // CHAPTER REPORTS 24 // PEOPLE + PROJECTS FARMLAND WORLD, COURTESY OF DESIGN WITH COMPANY FARMLAND 30 // OP ED THE OBAMA LIBRARY DOUBLE PARKS MALCOLM X COLLEGE 34 // THE PRACTICE CORE VALUES: Diversity in the profession on the rise, aided by new initiatives 48 // SPEC SHEET FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE 42 50 // A TO Z DIRK DENISON, FAIA, IS CHANGING THE WAY ARCHITECTURE IS MADE FEATURES 15 36 // PRESERVE THAT HASHTAG: MEDIA AND THE PRESERVATION ON THE COVER OF POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE Core Values: Diversity in the profession on the rise, 42 // THE PRITZKER PRIZE aided by new initiatives JANUARY // FEBRUARY // 2016 OUR PREVIOUS ISSUE BONNE TERRE // FIRM TERRE FUTURE BONNE is available to view digitally A Good Balance A TO Z CHRIS-ANNMARIE SPENCER, 2015 DUBIN FAMILY YOUNG ARCHITECT AWARD RECIPIENT // 42 BONNE TERRE: SOCIAL LEARNING AS INSPIRATION AT THE LYCÉE at www.aiachicago.org FRANÇAIS DE CHICAGO // 28 FUTURE FIRM SEEKS BALANCE BETWEEN INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL // 34 JANUARY // FEBRUARY //2016 //FEBRUARY JANUARY AIACHICAGO.ORG JANUARY // FEBRUARY // 2016 1 M A R C H // A PR I L // 2 016 9 FAÇADE WHAT THE “L” IS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? BRININSTOOL + LYNCH’S LOGAN SQUARE HOUSING INSPIRES HUMAN-POWERED TRANSIT BY TROY PIEPER RENDERINGS COURTESY OF BRININSTOOL + LYNCH 10 MARCH // APRIL // 2016 CHICAGO ARCHITECT AIACHICAGO.ORG FAÇADE Clearly I couldn’t resist this headline’s pun, but what’s truly alluring is the notion of development centered on alternatives to cars. “In the past, a developer would show the site and ask, ‘How many cars can we get on it?’ Now we start with the people, which is what it should have been all along,” David Brininstool, AIA, said. His firm, Brininstool + Lynch Architects, is behind “L” — a housing development that will be Chicago’s “third example of transit-oriented design,” he said. A hot topic in urban planning and development, transit- oriented design (TOD) simply means development around a train system, as defined by the Transit Oriented Development Institute. “L” is across the street from Chicago’s Blue Line tracks and one block from the California station in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. But in “L’”s case, TOD means something slightly different from the traditional condo design — like choosing a site proximal not only to the “L” train system, but also to the most heavily trafficked bicycle route in the entire city: Milwaukee Avenue. The six-story, mixed-use “L” will have parking spots, but it also has what Brininstool claims is the largest bike storage room in the city, with space for 200 decommissioned “L” train car. ments, with modular terracotta plots, community-garden-style.
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