Tuesday / July 19, 2016 / 4:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Summer Tour South: Saieh Hall for Economics and Gordon Parks Arts Hall at the University of Chicago
Join us to see two recent projects at the University of Chicago.
The tour will begin at the Saieh Hall for Economics at 5757 South University Avenue. The conversion of the former Chicago Theological Seminary (1928), two adjacent houses, and a new connecting structure into Saieh Hall was completed in 2014. The tour will include the site and public spaces: new entrance and lobby; new stair; restored student spaces in the historic building (chapels, cloister, grad loft); and student and work spaces in the addition.
We will then walk to Gordon Parks Arts Hall, a 2015 addition to the UChicago Lab School, at 1362 East 59th Street. A brief discussion of the building will be conducted by the architects and a representative from the owner, followed by a tour of the facility: 700-seat auditorium, 250-seat black box theater, lobby, enclosed courtyard, music classrooms and practice rooms, visual and digital arts studios.
4:00 to 5:00 pm Saieh Hall for Economics tour
5:00 to 5:15 walking
5:15 to 6:15 pm Gordon Parks Arts Hall tour
After the formal tour concludes, participants may choose to view the Lab School’s Earl Shapiro Hall (2013, VDTA) and UChicago’s adjacent Child Care Center-Stony Island (2013, Wheeler Kearns Architects) on the 5800-block of South Stony Island Avenue from the sidewalk.
SPEAKERS:
Saieh Hall for Economics: Ann Beha Architects (design architect), with Gensler (AOR)
Speakers: Philip Chen, AIA (ABA); Stephen Miller, AIA and Nathan Cool, AIA (Gensler); Larry Blouin (UChicago), Brad Carter (Turner)
Gordon Park Arts Hall: Valerio Dewalt Train ASSOCIATEs (design architect), with FGM (AOR)
Randall Mattheis, AIA and Sheri Andrews, AIA (VDTA); Joseph Chronister, AIA (FGM); Gerardo Galvan (UChicago)
Left: Saieh Hall for Economics; right: Gordon Parks Arts Hall. Photos from the architecture firms’ Web sites.
