Base Conditions
Re-imagining the basic unit of the metropolis as a neutral space for working and living
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City is a landmark and icon of Chicago’s mid-century modernism. Built in 1964, this development introduced new ideas about mixed-use and mass production in the era of homemaking. This minimalist intervention transforms a one-bedroom unit for 21st-century living while preserving the essence of its original design language. Through operations of cutting, filling, and hanging, the dwelling is de-compartmentalized, un-domesticated, and re-imagined as a neutral space for working and living.
DATA
For: Private Client
Area: Interior 725 sq/ft, exterior total 270 sq/ft
Location: West tower, 35th floor, Northwest view
IMPACT
Filming location for: The major motion picture Candyman directed by Nia DaCosta and co-written and produced by the Oscar-winning Jordan Peele. August 27, 2021
Featured in: The Wall Street Journal article by Alina Dizik, 'Chicago’s Marina City Towers Get Cast in the New Candyman’. November 5, 2021
Photo: Hedrich Blessing ( www.bertrandgoldberg.org )
“My message, I think, is much more important either than myself personally, or than the quick identification as the round-building architect. I am talking about the performance of people in a social system, about the performance of people in the city.”
TEAM
Design Leads
Karla Sierralta, AIA
Brian Strawn , AIA
3d Modeling & Animation
Hunter Wells and Charles Palanza
Photography
Lauren McPhillips and Strawn Sierralta
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