Harold Ickes Homes

Project Overview

Client

Chicago Housing Authority

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Size

21 acres

Principals

Avram Lothan, Mary Ann Van Hook

Year

2009

Services

building assessments, construction documents for demolition and remediation, master planning, concept designs

Awards

Urban Design Award, American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter

The comprehensive sustainable design master plan balances environmental impact and guides future development for site's ecological balance,

The plan assists the Chicago Housing Authority in developing a sustainable strategy of rehabilitation for the eight-building public housing property. It provides a process to maximize performance of energy efficiency, resident comfort and water use when revevitalizing an environmentally and economically sustainable housing development. Weaving the many threads of landscape and urban design, density, building systems and code requirements, deferred maintenance and other aspects of the project’s original brief into a vibrant and dynamic whole, yields an environment that emphasizes quality, citizenship and community.

Harold Ickes Homes

The comprehensive sustainable design master plan balances environmental impact and guides future development for site's ecological balance,

The plan assists the Chicago Housing Authority in developing a sustainable strategy of rehabilitation for the eight-building public housing property. It provides a process to maximize performance of energy efficiency, resident comfort and water use when revevitalizing an environmentally and economically sustainable housing development. Weaving the many threads of landscape and urban design, density, building systems and code requirements, deferred maintenance and other aspects of the project’s original brief into a vibrant and dynamic whole, yields an environment that emphasizes quality, citizenship and community.

Project Overview

Client

Chicago Housing Authority

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Size

21 acres

Project Team

Avram Lothan, Mary Ann Van Hook

Year

2009

Services

building assessments, construction documents for demolition and remediation, master planning, concept designs

Awards

Urban Design Award, American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter

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