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1 WOLF POINT. CIVIC INSTITUTION the project will be a public institution.

• likely cultural history museum, cultural center, or history museum- with open lands/park the project will be about:

• the people of Chicago

• site design

• exploring the physical manifestation[s] of [urban] culture or history • celebrating urban culture or history the project will be developed because: > lieu of a private development > Chicago > exploration needed to refine project intentions: > wolf point is more connected to the commercial center (loop), burgeoning commercial center (river north), and a mixed use/ industrially gentrifying neighborhood (river west) than it is to other cultural/public districts such as grant park or museum park. this poses either issue opportunity. > refer: > > • Culture: The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an > institution, organization, or group. arch 523. diane hoffer-schurecht. 30 August, 2011. assign1. hoffers_11-0830_topic ideas. ! page 2 2!
 * this site is the “center of everything” in chicago and deserves to be accessible to the public in
 * the existing chicago history museum and cultural center do not to express 21st century
 * cultural center should support cultural evolution and look forward, not be “stuck in time”

NORTHERLY ISLAND. CIVIC SPACE

the project will be a public space of undetermined architectural typology the project will be about:

• the waterfront

• the people of Chicago

• significance of the lakefront, and this particular parcel • site design • public versus private spaces the project will be developed because: > Chicago’s public spaces/lands (TBV with research) > exploration needed to refine project intentions: > • access to this land is very limited, and will limit or indicate potential usages. • masterplan historical, existing and proposed to be reviewed for context. > project proposal could include interim solutions to evolve over time. arch 523. diane hoffer-schurecht. 30 August, 2011. assign1. hoffers_11-0830_topic ideas. ! page 3 3 HOUSING. RESPONSIBLE. MULTI-UNIT the project will be appropriate housing for “working class” to “middle class” people the project will be about:
 * this site is currently “confused” (park/beach/muni bldgs/parking/yacht club/ harbor)
 * this site is unique and significant in the landscape and history of chicago
 * public access is either actually limited or perceived as such
 * the land has never been “properly” used (i.e. never found it’s destined significant role in

• quality housing solution(s) that meet needs of real people: • social

• physically healthy (i.e. sustainable, environmentally ideal) • connections to natural

• urban context

• affordability

• neighborhoods the project will be developed because: > themselves in urban environments, however these environments are frequently not in support > of human needs such as neighborhoods, access to nature, access to transport, etc....... > exploration needed to refine project intentions:
 * global urban population explosion indicates significant housing will be “constructed”
 * conundrum: needs (social, economic & sustainable) indicate people will continue housed
 * access to environmentally high quality housing is not equitable
 * offsite fabrication methods, other methods of efficient construction are of interest; with the limit of one semester this seems difficult to fully propose effectively.
 * appropriate housing typology is TBD: high-rise, multi-unit midrise, multi-unit low-rise, town/ row-house, single family etc.