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I'm not sure if the glass can be achieved as is, but that rippling with the subtle colorations is totally different than anything I've seen. Looking at the graphics firms website, many of their images look similarly hazy. I wonder how much of that coloration is what the glass may look (or might have looked) like and what is simply silly rendering...
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Though I think the glass may look different if this project becomes reality, it doesn't mean it's impossible to achieve. You can use butt-joint glazing to reduce mullion visibility and a variety of acid-etch treatments applied in gradient patterns to create those darker shades near those bending points. The way acid-etched glass refracts light makes it appear it's glowing. Using appropriate directional lighting and color temperature you can get that nice warm glow effect. But there is alot of information left out, because it's just a concept or marketing image. The real details will be conveyed through construction documents. For example, railings can be done as a simple piece of glass, but they'll require standoffs mounted at the bottom, connecting to the slab...and obviously they aren't visible. |
Question: would this 'design' also house the expanded Children's Museum? I was trying to figure out what they are going to put in this massive thing, but that would explain it if it included added space for the Children's museum.
Looking at what details we do have on it, it seems like this could be quite a striking design. It appears to be massed like an accordion with alternating "folds" of glass. They probably don't have the details of the facade worked out which would explain the fudging on the rendering. PS, really big renderings here: http://www.by-encore.com/archives/1274 |
I didn't realize this was a Trahan project. They do awesome work, but it's a bit odd to see them working in Chicago - they're based in Baton Rouge. They're sorta split between a stadiums side where they do some fairly average university-athletic stuff and then a boutique architecture side where they do this awesome avant-garde stuff. As far as I know, it's the same people doing both kinds of projects.
This is another project of theirs with similar rippled cladding. As you can see, there's a double-wall system with traditional glass on the inside. I'm guessing the rippled material is ETFE, with negative air pressure inside the cavity so the surface is concave. You can tint the ETFE, screen-print a frit onto it, and then you can overlay that on top of whatever treatments are done to the glass behind. http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5594/trahan.jpg |
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Seems like a good article pitch. Shouldn't take too much digging to find at least some kind of an update. Is someone dropping the ball? Did money fall through? Was the proposal contest a big fat scam? Did Rahm kill it?
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Some of these ideas are really neat. So much potential at Navy Pier. Hope they go big with it (and then implement BRT/LRT to connect it with the Michigan Ave corridor).
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So it appears his plan is to disburse one hit of acid to everyone who comes to Navy Pier?
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I'd say a hit of acid and a few tokes, to be exact.. |
The best part (to me) is that the Children's Museum is now definitely staying put. No need to worry about Grant Park desecration
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Renderings from the Tribune article today:
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Harry Caray's sues to block Navy Pier makeover
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^ Sure seems like we've had a rash of these recently too. Maybe with some high profile dismissals, starting yesterday, silly potential plaintiffs such as these will rethink going this route....
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The Navy Pier makeover is desperately needed. But these these folks would rather save their views than see the city progress.
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