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IDEA HUB

Idea Exchange Research




Professor: Dr. Tierney, Therese|tierney@illinois.edu

PROJECT TYPE: Studio Project|Team Work,
Credit to: Chang Gu
Scale: Urban Complex
Date: February,2014 to May,2014,Second year of MArch I
Site location: Chicago, IL

After finished the master plan of the Eco-city, we moved onto the architecture strategy design to achieve our concept and goals. Which the concept of “idea hub” has been formed. Based on the module bubble concept, our task is to use architecture and urban strategy to inspire people and to provide platform for idea.








IDEA HUB is an architecture and urban strategy aimed at gathering ideas about the future life and engaging people into the creative process. As a new form of public amenity, it is both a research center and a theme park-like space to entertain people with various activities.

Who can be part of the IDEA HUB? Anyone! We want to encourage people to think and to have the health of disregard of impossibility. An innovation, a product or a feasible solution, need to be carried through three phases: identify problem, possible solution and breakthrough technology. Any thoughtful and committed citizens can involve into the first two phases. The most valuable produce they sell is idea. Then, firms, companies and individuals can practice the ideas with the research facilities.

There are several goals we want to achieve:

1. Involve everyone into the creative process. The major related programs are forum space, conference space, a movie theater. We want to create an environment that encourage all the citizens with different background to discuss and hear from each other to identify problems and generate fiction-sounding solutions for the identified problems.

2. Enhance connection between spaces thus ease the interaction and communication between people. The major related programs are research labs, studios and office space. We want to encourage the collaborations of firms, companies and individuals coming from different disciplines to make the solutions possible.

3. Achieve a balanced and health environment. The IDEA HUB should be an example of how we could live and work better in the future. It’s important to have the locations of all the functions carefully organized as well as to balance the relationship between human and nature.
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