This project is to investigate the problems presented by new residential development in cities like Chicago, especially as it pertains to neighborhood/regional rehabilitation and the need for hybrid zoning conditions. Reveal is found in theatre through narrative developments, visibility of props, and movement on state of sets and actors. To play along with that element of theatre, this project seeks to reveal certain aspects of program as well as circulation and habitation throughout the site. Reveal works on many different scales, aiming to engage the passerby on the street.

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As a local performance center, Steppenwolf theater give young dancers to an opportunity to perform. It is a opportunity to introduce the theater culture to the locals by offering better stage performance place. By combining housing and performance space, the residents and artists could have more interactions.

Steppenwolf theater is located in a residential area, most of the buildings are three to five stories. In order to keep the height, we tried to minimize the proportion of the tower footprint by enlarge the co-housing footprint. Inspired by Le Corbus…

Steppenwolf theater is located in a residential area, most of the buildings are three to five stories. In order to keep the height, we tried to minimize the proportion of the tower footprint by enlarge the co-housing footprint. Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habita-tion, which was used as a fundamental precedent to allow cross ventilation through the unit. This project pushed that concept from 2 dimensional to 3 dimensional.

Unconventional Co-Housing Floor Plan

Unconventional Co-Housing Floor Plan

Typical Tower Floor Plan

Typical Tower Floor Plan

 
 
 

Color palette is corresponding to the unconventional co-housing diagram. Our ambition here is to minimize the sleeping area in traditional living environment. Since nowadays people prefer to throw party at the house and have recreation room at the house, the function of bedrooms is only serving for sleeping. So, in our perspective, maximize communal spaces is more important and suitable for contemporary living style.

By giving a communal space in between, different types of renters / owners could have a conversation in the semi-private area. Units not only occupy on the same floor but using stairs to reach to different space. Above the retail on the street is a …

By giving a communal space in between, different types of renters / owners could have a conversation in the semi-private area. Units not only occupy on the same floor but using stairs to reach to different space. Above the retail on the street is a private garden for residents only. By crossing the bridge, residents can easily access to the public space on the first floor of the tower. The court place at the center of two buildings giving offers the dancers to throw a show in order to attract more people to go to the existed theater which is next to the tower.

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The first floor by the roads are occupied by local stores which not only offer the residents but also the locals. After walking into the stores, people can see the plaza hidden on the other side of the building. In order to avoid having a gigantic t…

The first floor by the roads are occupied by local stores which not only offer the residents but also the locals. After walking into the stores, people can see the plaza hidden on the other side of the building. In order to avoid having a gigantic tower standing at the area that are all three to five stories buildings, we tried to shrink the floor area as much as possible.

In order to introduce the dance shows happening in the theater, we created an outdoor performance place for performers to open their shows in the public. From the interview we had with the locals, since the traditional theater is a relatively closed space, people are unwilling to purchase tickets unless they know more of the shows. Our intent here is to introduce the culture to the locals and younger generation.

By having retails to attract people’s eyes, but not showing the entrance to the building is the concept of revealing - when watching a show, after the curtain reveals the whole entire thing that gives people exciting moments and make them curious of…

By having retails to attract people’s eyes, but not showing the entrance to the building is the concept of revealing - when watching a show, after the curtain reveals the whole entire thing that gives people exciting moments and make them curious of what is behind.

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