Where worlds connect
The 57-acre Museum Campus that spans from Lake Michigan to the Loop is home to some of Chicago’s world-class institutions—including the Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, Soldier Field, and Northerly Island—but lacks a coherent urban vision, accessible green spaces, and equitable connections to the neighborhoods it borders.
Working pro bono alongside the Museum Campus Working Group, SOM has designed a vision to enable the City of Chicago to develop plans and investments that will collectively rewild the landscape to restore native ecosystems, adaptively reuse existing structures for year-round programming, create new pedestrian and bike routes, and improve connectivity to the South and West Sides.
