Issue 29
Bold
Issue 29
Welcome to our Bold issue. This issue features eighteen projects that explore new possibilities for the city of Chicago. Generated by both emerging and established Chicago-based architects and designers, these projects rethink the future of the city and, at the same time, explore the agency of the architect in shaping these scenarios. The projects, generated without a client, operate fully aware of the constraints and realities of Chicago with the intention to engage in fruitful conversations with public and private agencies to shape its future. Ultimately, while these projects focus on the city of Chicago, the ideas behind their architectural and urban strategies can open up new areas of exploration that can be extrapolated to diverse contexts. The projects featured in the issue were part of the exhibition BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago curated by Iker Gil and included in the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
At the Biennial—BOLD and the Chicago Room
Afterword by Geoff Goldberg
BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago
Exhibition statement by Iker Gil, curator of BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago
Make Bold Plans, or Something Along Those Lines
Notes on the BOLD identity by Renata Graw, Founder of Normal
Project by David Schalliol
Of All of the Facts, and All of the Figures
Project by Michael Pecirno
Project by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape with MODUS Collective
Project by UrbanLab
Project by PORT Urbanism
Project by WEATHERS
Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition
Project by Design With Company
Project by SOM and CAMESgibson
Project by David Brown
Making Architecture That Heals
Project by 3D Design Studio
Project by Ania Jaworska
Project by Central Standard Office of Design
KTC 234: Knowledge Trade Center
Project by JAHN
Re-Imagining Wellness in Humboldt Park
Project by JGMA
Project by Krueck + Sexton Architects
Project by Landon Bone Baker Architects
Circle the Wagons: A Community Enclave
Project by Margaret McCurry, Tigerman McCurry Architects
Cluster Container Housing for the Disabled
Project by Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects
BOLD Studio Visits and Panel Discussions
As part of the BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago exhibition, curator Iker Gil organized a series of weekly visits to architecture studios in Chicago
Competition organized by Perkins+Will