Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago, Illinois

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Gary Comer Youth Center
Designer John Ronan Architects, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Location Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date
Building Type Large building
Climate Cold temperate
Context Suburban
Architectural Style Modern
Builder W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.
Street Address 7200 South Ingleside Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619 Walk Score
Notes Landscape Architect: Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Building Details
Client Comer Science and Education Foundation
Area 8,160-square-foot green roof
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Other Details Consultants Arup (Structural); CCJM Engineers (MEP); Panels by Swisspearl; Landscape Architect: Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architecture, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA.


"An exuberant newcomer to Lands' End founder Gary Comer's childhood neighborhood, this affable building has space for youth education and recreation programs, as well as the South Shore Drill Team performance group. Jurors liked the way the building turned its 'solid skin to the street side, and then opened up inside,' thanks in part to numerous skylights that puncture an 8,400-square-foot roof garden. They called the building's colorful cladding 'a beautiful element.' While the entire set of panels animates the building, individual panels can be replaced after vandalism or other damage, without leaving a visible repair scar. The LED tower atop the Center's 80-foot tower 'makes it a neighborhood monument.' " – http://aiachicago.org/special_features/2007DEA/awards.asp?subID=586



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