2020
PANDEMIC PORTAL
A prototype for a digital community platform dedicated to communicating critical issues related to COVID-19 during the global pandemic crisis.
2019 - ongoing
FUTURE OF HAWAI‘I’S HOUSING
A bottom-up, design research project exploring Housing for All
2018
PLURAL TERRITORIES
Reimagining the role of the architectural pavilion as a political agent, claiming public space “without permission”
2018
P1CT Infusion Suite
Full-scale mock-up of a private infusion suite and proof-of-concept design for an Early Phase Clinical Research Center
2017
BUILDING VOICES DESIGN COMPETITION & EXHIBITION
Promoting the power of design to citizens while addressing critical issues of the city
2017
DESIGN ISLANDS
Design Islands is a cultural artifact, a graphic construct, and a space-making device
2016
DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR HAWAI‘I’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Framework that addresses multiple topic areas and lenses specific to the Hawaiian context.
2016
INSIDE / OUT
A traveling, neighborhood stage exposes “behind the scenes” aspects of the performing arts to facilitate job skills training while bringing the Goodman Theater’s programming into Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods.
2015
COME TO THE TABLE
Non-hierarchical installation for design dialogue celebrating the CAC's 130th Anniversary for the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
2015
THE SHINING MAZE
A hedge maze for the historic Stanley Hotel, where Stephen King was inspired to write “The Shining”, while staying in the now famous Room 217.
2014
COLLABORATIVE TEAM SPACE PROTOTYPE
Hackable framework that allows students at IIT's Institute of Design to deploy and test their own tools and technologies, while forming micro-environments inside the larger studio space.
2014
BASE CONDITIONS
Reimagining the future of urban living through the design of a dwelling in a mid-century icon.
2013
LEARNING EXPERIENCE PROTOTYPING
A Learning Space Strategic Plan that explores new learning experiences, their spatial implications and multi-disciplinary initiatives.
2013
NEXT STOP: DESIGNING CHICAGO BRT STATIONS
Single-stage, international, ideas competition to design iconic, sustainable, and functional designs for Chicago’s BRT.
2013
COWORKING RESIDENTIAL PILOT PROJECT
User experience strategy for a high-rise, residential, coworking community in Chicago's South Loop.
2012
MEDICAL SIMULATION EXPERIENCE CENTER
Strategic plan and innovative program for a new, inter-professional Simulation and Innovation Center.
2012
CHINA GUARDIAN
User experience strategy for an immersive auction environment in one of the world’s largest art markets.
2012
FUTURE PRENTICE & RECONSIDERING AN ICON
A collective call to action exploring possible futures for Old Prentice Memorial Hospital, an endangered, iconic building in Chicago by renown architect Bertrand Goldberg.
2012
75TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
Exhibition design that marks the Institute of Design’s 75th Anniversary and highlights the current student works in the annual End of Year Show event.
2011
ONE BEDROOM LIFE IN MUMBAI
Exploratory research project for Godrej, one of India's largest and most trusted companies, resulting in a strategic design proposal for a new ecosystem of service offerings.
2011
INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT
Reimagining the processes and spatial experiences across Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's check-in/check-out environments.
2010
ZERO ZERO
Experimental, interactive installation in a historic Louis Sullivan building on Chicago's famed State Street, designed to gather demographic data while engaging visitors.
2007-2010
SKI ON HOME
Ski-in, ski-out home located on the main run of the ski slopes of Squaw Valley, California directly below the nation's only funitel.
2007
ARTLINE CHICAGO
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.
2006
HISTORY CHANNEL'S CITY OF THE FUTURE
A super-dense, independent city powered by a cutting-edge hydrogen-based energy infrastructure composed of floating skyscrapers over Lake Michigan.
2005
FREEDOM IN NUMBERS
Signature work of art for the McCormick Tribune Foundation's new Freedom Museum, located in the base of the historic Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
2004
FIELD OF PLAY
A temporary pavilion for the Olympic bid in Paris, composed of a kit-of-parts including tower cranes, scaffolding, and bagged trees, highlights the environmental impact of mega-events and the structures needed to support them.
2004
ENDEMIC SYTHETIC
A mobile structure fabricated with reclaimed PVC pipe, reflects biophilic patterns from the surrounding natural environment, drawing attention to the impact of the construction industry waste stream.
2004
ECOLOGY OF FOREIGN OBJECTS
An environmental center, protected with a hybrid enclosure of car hoods, reclaimed utility poles, endemic vines, and energy generating devices, acts as a foreign object in the landscape, establishing a dialogue between nature and artifice.
2003
DUAL MEMORY
An evolving, participatory, memorial for 9/11 at the World Trade Center site is composed of two pavilions, one dedicated to the individual and one centered on the collective, responding to the complexities of memory and loss.
OPENING
DESIGN ISLANDS
Traveling community gallery launches at the Hawai’i State Capitol on Earth Day 2017 for the BUILDING VOICES design festival.
ARTICLE
FINANCIAL TIMES
Strawn Sierralta’s Ski On Home is included among projects by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Mork-Ulnes Architects, and Florian Busch.
ARTICLE
HAWAIʻI BUSINESS MAGAZINE
Hawaiʻi Business shares a research project investigating new models for vertical schools developed for the Department of Education.
TALK
WORLD DESIGN SUMMIT
Holistic planning approach for the future of Hawai'i's built environment presented at the first World Design Summit.
WRITING
PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Society for Campus and University Planning includes strategic design framework in their innovation issue.
ADVOCACY
ARCHITECTS ADVOCATE
As architects dedicated to healthy and livable communities and guided by scientific consensus and reason, we advocate for action on Climate Change.
AWARD & EXHIBITION
9/11 MEMORIAL FINALIST
Strawn Sierralta selected as one of eight finalists in the largest architecture and design competition ever held.
EVENT
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S PLACE LAB
Sierralta moderates "Intentions & Provocations in Design" as part of the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
PRESS
ABC'S NIGHTLINE
Cynthia McFadden story with Airbnb CEO about new rental trend in America features "Ski On Home".
UPDATE
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB
Strawn Sierralta are active members of the design community, serving as Co-Presidents of the Chicago Architectural Club from 2012-2014.
PUBLICATION
TRENDSETTING MOUNTAIN TREASURES
Swiss publisher, Braun, includes Strawn Sierralta in a curated look at mountain residences.
ARTICLE
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
Clifford A. Pearson, deputy editor of Architectural Record, spotlights Strawn Sierralta in "Chicago Moves On".
PUBLICATION
UTOPIA FOREVER
German publisher, Gestalten, includes Strawn Sierralta in a compilation of futuristic urban designs.
AWARD & EVENT
IBM ENGINEERING INNOVATION AWARD
Strawn Sierralta honored in a multi-city design competition hosted by the History Channel.
AWARD
MODERN MOUNTAIN HOME AWARD
Strawn Sierralta's Ski On Home wins Lake Tahoe's modern residence of the year.
PUBLICATION
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
National Geographic publishes "A Place of Remembrance", the official book of the 9/11 Memorial, including Strawn Sierralta's award winning design.
PUBLICATION
CELEBRATING FREEDOM: 12151791
The University of Chicago Press publishes book featuring Strawn Sierralta's award-winning sculpture, "Freedom in Numbers".
WRITING
CLOG
Strawn Sierralta invited to write about Betrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital for CLOG's "Brutalism" issue.
ARTICLE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Blair Kamin, the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, selects Strawn Sierralta for "Ones to Watch", a list of emerging young architects.
ARTICLE
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
Blair Kamin includes Strawn Sierralta in
"Chicago Comes Back", highlighting the city's return as "America's architectural capital".
ARTICLE
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
John Czarnecki, deputy editor of Architectural Record, profiles Strawn Sierralta in a collection of "Young Firms".
AWARD & PRESS
THE SHINING MAZE FINALIST
Strawn Sierralta selected as finalist to design a hedge maze inspired by Stanley Kubrick's movie, "The Shining".
UPDATE
IIT COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
Sierralta serves as Curator of the first year of the graduate program centered on "Re-thinking the Metropolis" at IIT's College of Architecture under dean Wiel Arets.