South Loop Expo

To achieve the goal of Chicago to become the most sustainable city in the country, they need to introduce a recycle-industry. A recycling industry in the South of Chicago gives the neighborhood and city the advantage of the valuable economic revitalization strategies that are present in the recycling industry, the use of recycling initiatives to...

Public Baths of Chicago South Works

The assignment of the graduation studio of Complex Projects is the rehabilitation and redesign or strategy of the now empty South Chicago (Illinois, USA) South Works site. The U.S. Steel’s South Works which was located there used to provide for work in the area, but after closure in 1992, the area started to decay. The lack of programmatic and...

Breaching the Borders: Creating a place of gathering between historic walls

The Graduation Studio of Complex Projects deals with the design of an emptied former industrial site in South Chicago. After the closure of the factory in 1992, the site became inactive and the adjacent neighborhood started to decay due to lack of programmatic and spatial diversity. The building will focus on different socio-geographical levels...

A vocational school building for the community

Education Engine: Chicago South Works recycles knowledge

To achieve the goal of Chicago to become the most sustainable city in the country, they need to introduce a recycle-industry. To give a boost to South Works, this area needs to be the place where the recycle-industry have to be introduced. The recycle-industry ensures not only a cleaner and sustainable city, but also a more attractive economical...

South Chicago: Ore Wall City

Urban master plan for the South Works site in South Chicago, an area fraught with social and economic issues. The master plan is developed into a detailed urban fragment, based on the tenets of the holistic city, that includes the building's immediate context. The building program is a halfway house which seeks to use the arts to heal.

New industrial engine: Chicago South Works Station