Integrated Design:
High-Rise Tower on 401 N. Wabash
Professor: Dr. Michael Kyong-il Kim|mkkim1@illinois.edu
PROJECT TYPE: Studio Project|Team Work
CREDIT TO: Alexis Leung, Hu Peng, Samantha S. Park
Scale: High-Rise Design
Date: August, 2013 to December 2013,Second year of MArch I
Site location: 401 North Wabash Avenue,Chicago,IL
Advanced architectural studio with emphasis on Comprehensive Integrative Design for maximum value creation under the realistic technical, legal, and budgetary limitations. The subject projects are technologically demanding and functionally Tall Building. The project is redesign the Trump Tower in Chicago which recently designed by SOM. On a rotating basis, the firms serve as the Teaching Offices with their senior members serving as Expert Consultants as well as the “Client.” To acquire the skills for successful project execution, the projects are executed collaboratively through project teams under strict time-budget and project requirements through comprehensive integrative design process to arrive at maximum value creation.