You are invited to We Built this City, a lively panel discussion that explores how cities are created.

A panel of experts from the disciplines of architecture, construction, media and culture will chronicle the development of Chicago from historic to contemporary times, focusing on the contribution Irish people have made to the city’s built and cultural fabric.

A short film by Dyehouse Films, commissioned for We Built this City, will be screened as an introduction to the discussion.

A full line up will be released at the end of October. For updates please check out : www.architecturefoundation.ie or www.designchicago.org.

We Built this City is presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation in collaboration with Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) and the Office of the Minister for Diaspora Affairs of Ireland. This event is in partnership with ChiDM. ID2015 is an initiative backed by the Irish Government celebrating and promoting Irish design in Ireland and internationally.

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> Learn more: New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland

The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Born in the 1970s and 1980s and trained, primarily in Dublin, in the 1990s and 2000s, A2 Architects (Peter Carroll and Caomhán Murphy), GKMP (Grace Keeley and Michael Pike), and Ryan Kennihan Architects are a new generation of Irish architects offering fresh insights or adjustments in the perceived canon of professional and cultural activities.

Not only have they weathered the recent economic uncertainty, each has found ways to practice critically, to look at what actually exists in Ireland, to discover potential in often peripheral situations, and to collaborate across disciplines.

The three practices will discuss their installation in ChiDM and the work of each Dublin-based practice along with curators Nathalie Weadick and Raymund Ryan.

Thanks to a grant from the Graham Foundation, this event is free and open to the public.

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> Learn more: New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland

The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Please join us on July 14th for a panel discussion where four design practitioners will respond to “The State of Detroit” and suggest ways that it might stimulate activities in Chicago to improve urban life.

Inspiration

In 2014, a one-day conference on the Citizen’s Plan for Chicago was held at the SAIC Sullivan Galleries with the goal of bringing together the best practices that cities have employed around the world to improve life for their residents.

Over 100 community activists, artists, and designers who sought to identify low-cost strategies for tackling issues of homelessness, housing, waste, transport, crime, education, food, energy, and urban design at community and grass-roots levels attended. The project has been dormant for over a year but it is time to revive and breathe new life into these conversations.

Moderator

Victor Margolin
Professor emeritus of design history at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Panelists

Drea Howenstein
Professor at the School of the Art Institute and community design activist

John Edel
Founder and director of The Plant, a project to bring together different sustainable enterprises within a system of mutual support

John Paul Kusz
Consultant on sustainable design and business practices

Peter Landon
Architect with an interest in low-income housing and SRO’s.

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> Learn more: The State of Detroit

The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!