Architects’ Own Sustainable Live/Work Building



Check out 80000hours.org/stewarthicks for free career advice that will change the world.

Welcome to UrbanLab, an architect’s office located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. Hidden behind the rusty surface of its Corten steel façade is a unique live/work building that holds a secret. It’s built like a bridge that touches down on a large mound that holds the remains of the grocery store that was previously located on the site. This novel solution to a pretty standard problem is ecofriendly and provides an outdoor amenity useable by neighborhood institutions like restaurants growing vegetables. In this video, we take a tour of UrbanLab with with its founders Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen to learn about these secrets and more lurking at 3309 South Morgan Avenue.

__Membership__
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYAm24PkejQR2xMgJgn7xwg/join

__About the Channel__
Architecture with Stewart is a YouTube journey exploring architecture’s deep and enduring stories in all their bewildering glory. Weekly videos and occasional live events breakdown a wide range of topics related to the built environment in order to increase their general understanding and advocate their importance in shaping the world we inhabit.

__About Me__
Stewart Hicks is an architectural design educator that leads studios and lecture courses as an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as an Associate Dean in the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts and is the co-founder of the practice Design With Company. His work has earned awards such as the Architecture Record Design Vanguard Award or the Young Architect’s Forum Award and has been featured in exhibitions such as the Chicago Architecture Biennial and Design Miami, as well as at the V&A Museum and Tate Modern in London. His writings can be found in the co-authored book Misguided Tactics for Propriety Calibration, published with the Graham Foundation, as well as essays in MONU magazine, the AIA Journal Manifest, Log, bracket, and the guest-edited issue of MAS Context on the topic of character architecture.

__Contact__
FOLLOW me on instagram: @stewart_hicks & @designwithco
Design With Company: https://designwith.co
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture: https://arch.uic.edu/

#architecture #urbandesign

source

Save This Post
ClosePlease login

No account yet? Register