First Of Two Chicago Pavilions Debuted To Honor Historic Plan, City’s Futre Vision
By Joe Wertz
The first of a pair of pavilions commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary of the Plan of Chicago was debuted last week at Millennium Park, a space known for public art projects. To commemorate the plan — also known as the Burnham Plan, named after its principal author, city planner Daniel H. Burnham — Zaha Hadid and UNStudio were tapped to create pavilions that emphasized the optimism of the future, while echoing the ideals laid out in the city’s original 1909 plan. UNStudio’s planar and spacey creation was debuted on Friday and Hadid’s geometric design is undergoing a few tweaks and will open in a few weeks. Made from recycled materials, the openings on the roof of the UNStudio plywood pavilion frames the Chicago skyline and an interactive lighting system invites public interaction. The city’s diagonal streets and a line from Burnham’s original sketch inspired Hadid’s pavilion, an aluminum and fabric creation that imagines a street bisecting the park. [via archdaily]
