Professors, Students to Present at Chicago Architecture Biennial

Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack and students from his summer studio will travel to Chicago this month to participate in the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Over the summer, the studio designed an installation in response to research by Archeworks, a Chicago-based lab dedicated to public interest design. Their challenge was to translate the research into a built form that makes the challenges of public housing in Chicago visible and generates community dialogue.

Between July 30 and August 10, the team constructed their installation on four different sites in Chicago. On October 18, they will make a public presentation on their work during the Chicago Architecture Biennial and will install their structure in Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum on October 19 to launch an exhibition that explores housing as a human right.