In a new exhibition called Chicago: City of Big Data, visitors explore the role of data in the modern city and what it means for its future. DCBolt Productions collaborated with the CAF to help visitors grasp this abstract concept by visualizing massive datasets. Source: DCBolt Productions | Vimeo
A team of enthusiasts has set out to recreate some of the world’s most recognizable skyscrapers in the form of plush models. The project, called “Squeezable Skyline,” was launched on Kickstarter by three brothers and an architect out of Chicago. Inspired by the supertall buildings that have helped defined the city they live in, prototypes … Continued
Denver’s historic Union Station is a Beaux Arts masterpiece located on the edge of the city’s central business district. SOM was commissioned to expand and transform this station into a major regional transportation hub. To do so, the firm converted 20 acres of former rail yards into an urban transit district that orchestrates light rail, … Continued
When the original Penn Station was demolished in the 1960s, mass transit was on the decline and most public works projects focused on accommodating automobiles and suburban infrastructure. In the five decades since then, the trend has reversed. Both mass transit ridership and New York City’s population have grown in the past decade and are … Continued
Last fall, nonprofit the Municipal Art Society asked three major architecture firms to reimagine the future of Grand Central. Now, MAS is doing the same thing for Penn Station. In a design challenge announced today in the Times, MAS is asking Santiago Calatrava, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, SHoP Architects, and SOM to rethink the much-maligned … Continued
In a way, it’s every architect’s dream – to re-envision Penn Station and Madison Square Garden in New York. The Municipal Art Society of New York is giving four design firms that chance with a challenge to be announced Thursday. The firms — Diller Scofidio + Renfro, SHoP Architects, SOM and H3 Hardy Collaboration — … Continued
New York’s Pennsylvania Station is a dog of a transit hub. So, the city’s Municipal Art Society invited architectural firms to dream up ways to turn the station into a suitably grand gateway to the nation’s largest city. Four top firms submitted plans that are dramatic, exciting and sadly improbable. They all face two monumental … Continued
The mega-firm SOM has been instrumental in shaping the New York city skyline, what with the design for One World Trade Center; however, their vision for a more livable New York readily entertains forward-thinking infrastructure that integrates the existing dynamism of the city and the expectation of growth. Responding to a design challenge put forth by the Municipal Art Society of New York to … Continued
Nicholas Scalco, SOM Senior Digital Designer, will speak at the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Technology Symposium tomorrow. The annual conference brings together computational specialists to discuss and present how they use technology to enhance building design and construction. Scalco’s presentation, titled “Implicit Knowledge to Explicit Action: Data Mining for Organizational Awareness,” will focus on current efforts at SOM … Continued
On June 3, Teresa Rainey, SOM Director of High-Performance Design, will participate in a discussion on energy design, management, and benchmarking at the Center for Architecture. Guiding the conversation is the central question: Do energy standards and code requirements improve actual building performance? To explore this topic, the panel will address how energy codes are … Continued