I am very excited about the Burnham Plan Centennial!
Chicago is a city steeped in history, but it is their passion for progression that makes it great.
The first installation is by Ben van Berkel of UNStuido. It will be made of steel, clad in plywood, and painted in high gloss white. The structure will be completely recyclable when it is deconstructed October 31. The rigidity of the edges contrasting with the peekabo dips is just beautiful. I really cannot wait for the unveiling.
The second structure to be unveiled in Millenium Park on June 19 is from Zaha Hadid. While I am drawn to the simplicity of van Berkel's, I find it interesting to learn that Hadid planned the ribs of her tensile structure the diagonal lines and avenues in Burnham and Bennett’s 1909 Plan. This is similar to how I design, and actually designed a light when I was in school in a similar manner. The neat thing about Hadid's structure is that it will serve as a screen for a video installation by Thomas Gray, telling story of Chicago’s transformation, including visions for Chicago’s future by local architects. Hadid's structure will also be able to be disassembled and rebuilt on location, making it sustainable as well. Such a smart woman...maybe I'll win the Pritzker someday too.
You know, I think it's so hard sometimes to decide things like what I want to do between staying home with the kids while they are young and being a room mom when they are in school and choosing to have a career for myself. I really strive for that personal fulfillment and absolutely love architecture. I can't match anything to staying home with the kids though. I think it's so important to give them a stable upbringing where they aren't in the care of a sitter all day if it just doesn't have to be that way. I would really like a 9-2 job and be able to take off for Halloween parties and field trips and phone calls from the nurses office for tummy aches. I suppose if I was a Pritzker winning architect, I could. Let's just see how the grad school application goes first...
In the meantime, can we plan our trip to Germany already?? I mean, Libeskind's museum could just up and leave any day now!
Chicago is a city steeped in history, but it is their passion for progression that makes it great.
The first installation is by Ben van Berkel of UNStuido. It will be made of steel, clad in plywood, and painted in high gloss white. The structure will be completely recyclable when it is deconstructed October 31. The rigidity of the edges contrasting with the peekabo dips is just beautiful. I really cannot wait for the unveiling.
The second structure to be unveiled in Millenium Park on June 19 is from Zaha Hadid. While I am drawn to the simplicity of van Berkel's, I find it interesting to learn that Hadid planned the ribs of her tensile structure the diagonal lines and avenues in Burnham and Bennett’s 1909 Plan. This is similar to how I design, and actually designed a light when I was in school in a similar manner. The neat thing about Hadid's structure is that it will serve as a screen for a video installation by Thomas Gray, telling story of Chicago’s transformation, including visions for Chicago’s future by local architects. Hadid's structure will also be able to be disassembled and rebuilt on location, making it sustainable as well. Such a smart woman...maybe I'll win the Pritzker someday too.You know, I think it's so hard sometimes to decide things like what I want to do between staying home with the kids while they are young and being a room mom when they are in school and choosing to have a career for myself. I really strive for that personal fulfillment and absolutely love architecture. I can't match anything to staying home with the kids though. I think it's so important to give them a stable upbringing where they aren't in the care of a sitter all day if it just doesn't have to be that way. I would really like a 9-2 job and be able to take off for Halloween parties and field trips and phone calls from the nurses office for tummy aches. I suppose if I was a Pritzker winning architect, I could. Let's just see how the grad school application goes first...
In the meantime, can we plan our trip to Germany already?? I mean, Libeskind's museum could just up and leave any day now!
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