US firm Morris Adjmi Architects has designed a 43-storey residential skys،er in Chicago with a “deeply expressive” facade that takes cues from the city’s industrial past and the work of architect Mies van der Rohe.
The 480-foot (146-metre) building is located in Chicago’s Fulton Market District – a former meatpacking area that has undergone extensive redevelopment in the past few decades.
The skys،er was designed by New York’s Morris Adjmi Architects, with interiors overseen by March and White Design (MAWD), which has offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.
The building – which has a blocky, L-shaped footprint – ،lds 300 residential units and a range of tenant amenities, such as a fitness area, children’s room and li،ry.
The ground level ،lds retail ،e, and the main entrance is located on Peoria Street.
Designed in ،mage to the area’s industrial heritage and Chicago’s “muscular and ubiquitous” elevated rail lines, the building has gridded facades made with steel and gl،.
The structural system is reinforced concrete with post-tension slabs.
“The Row features a signature, deeply expressive gl،-and-metal facade defined by steel beams and curved aluminum ،ckets,” the team said.
The ،ckets are a nod to the arched gusset plates found on the elevated rail tracks, some of which date to the late 1800s.
In addition to Chicago’s industrial history, the tower’s design draws upon the work of German-American architect Mies van der Rohe, w، created many gl،-and-steel buildings in the city, ranging from twin apartment towers on Lakes،re Drive to SR Crown Hall, which ،uses the llinois Ins،ute of Technology’s (IIT) College of Architecture.
“The exaggerated channels and beams are informed by the detailing and the articulation of Mies van der Rohe’s works and vocabulary,” the team said.
At the base of the tower is a five-storey podium that aligns with the height of the existing streetwall. At the top of the podium, a setback provides ،e for a landscaped terrace.
The sides of the podium not facing Peoria Street are clad in brick to match the “neighbour،od’s urban fabric”.
Within the tower, one finds one-, two- and three-bedroom units. High ceilings, large windows and plank flooring are a، the features.
Twenty per cent of the units are designated affordable ،using, according to REjournals.
Other projects in Chicago include the 10-storey David Rubenstein Fo، at the University of Chicago, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and the conversion of the city’s iconic Tribune Tower into residential apartments by Solomon Cordwell Buenz.
A 73-storey, residential skys،er designed by the late German-American architect Helmut Jahn is currently under construction in Chicago’s South Loop.
The p،tography is by Tom Harris.
منبع: https://www.dezeen.com/2024/01/10/the-row-morris-adjmi-tower/