PROJECT DESCRIPTION
An extant elevated train track reimagined as a programmable, multimedia linear park, hosts cultural resources from regional museums and nonprofits, providing access to the arts to underserved neighborhoods along the Bloomingdale Trail.
INVITED PROPOSAL FOR
Envisioning the Bloomingdale Line project by the Chicago Architectural Club with Details Magazine and the Bloomingdale Trail Collaborative. 1 of 25 invited architects.
Other invited architects included: UrbanLab, Gensler, Vendrell Studio, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, Garofalo Architects, Susan Conger Austin Architects, Oisse Architects, Clare Lyster Urbanism and Architecture, Ross Barney Architects, Wilkinson Blender Architecture, 4240.
IMPACT
Exhibited at: The Acme Art Works Gallery, Chicago, IL. May 18 - June 3, 2007
Featured in: Chicago Architectural Club Journal #11 “5 Concepts: Envisioning the Bloomingdale” (signature image on the cover)
Excerpt from City of Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail and Park Framework Plan, 2012 (More Here)