Have you seen anything that has been built in this city over the last ten years? If the material selection is up to par (which it should be with Hovey), this will be a finely detailed, stately, minimalist tower in a neighborhood full of PoMo crap and SCB garbage.Įveryone the world over thinks that every piece of architecture needs to be unique, new, iconic. If you actually live in Chicago I don't know how you can possibly think that this is simply a filler building. This "design" is nothing more than filler. It's basically a giant elevated dead-end, so there's no need for a ton of asphalt on the upper level.Ĭompare this "Jenga" block of a design to the Roosevelt University building or the Aqua. I think they should capture some space from the roadways, though. Once filled, though, you're absolutely right that it will be a powerful space. The design forms an integrated series of public spaces running from Pioneer Plaza through Cityfront Plaza and along the river to Columbus. It was designed by Cooper Eckstut for the Cityfront Center master plan. With it being on an upper level street, it would be easy to locate parking below grade I would hate to see that space surrounded by large parking podia. When all 360 degrees of that circle are filled in with highrises, it could really be an iconic space for the city (especially if they eventually replace the existing fountain with something much more substantial). What is David Hovey thinking? This design is boring and completely uninspiring!ĭoes anybody know if, at community meetings, SOAR has inquired about developers addressing the cityfront plaza circle and fountain appropriately? For example:Īre developers in a race to the bottom? This is horrible. The "massing model" appears to simply be the final rendering without any texture applied and doesn't give us any information we don't already have (it uses an identical or nearly identical perspective).Īnd I didn't say that people are purporting "to know how the project will turn out already." Is that ever the case? My point is that some people are rushing to judgement about the whole design when all we've been given is one view. So it's not as if people purport to know how the project will turn out already. Clair side and lower Illinois will make or break this project. There has been a whole lot of talk saying that the way it handles the St. I don't think anyone is passing judgement on the project now, just passing judgement on the rendering. We've actually seen two renderings one of which appears to be a massing model and looks like crap and another that appears to be the official design. (Black anodized aluminum panels would also be sick.) Hovey can and should switch to a black spandrel glass for the north elevation of the garage levels. Every point SOAR raises is totally, completely valid. Maybe they could rebuild the sidewalk on Upper Illinois with vault lights?Īctually, this is quite an enlightened critique of the building. Clair is an active, pedestrian retail street that shouldn't have huge dark zones along it, this makes sense. SOAR wants Hovey to think about how his design will bring light to Lower Illinois and enrich the pedestrian experience down there. Nothing about changing the black tint of the glass. We ask that you consider ideas such as murals, sculpture, and use of light to brighten up this area. The south wall of your project that faces lower Illinois should be brightened, bring light to the sidewalk, and make lower Illinois a safe and attractive street for pedestrians. Can we get the name of the building right, though? I guess this building is okay for a thread even though it doesn't surpass 600'? Cool. Oh dear, i read through that link, and i kid you not, this is a direct quote from it:Īnd stuff? has the president of SOAR been replaced by a 12 year old?
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