FUTURE PRENTICE: 2012 Chicago Prize Competition

FUTURE PRENTICE

CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB: 2012 CHICAGO PRIZE COMPETITION

Image courtesy of Landmarks Illinois

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FUTURE PRENTICE

CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB: 2012 CHICAGO PRIZE COMPETITION Introduction

Fees

The Chicago Architectural Club is pleased to announce the 2012 Chicago Prize Competition: “FUTURE PRENTICE”, with its partner, the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects. This is a single-stage international design ideas competition intended to act as a platform for public debate about the future of one of Chicago’s most architecturally significant Modern buildings, Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Women’s Hospital.

Registration Fee $90

The “FUTURE PRENTICE” Competition seeks to explore alternative solutions for this historic piece of architecture. What would you propose to do with this structure? What other uses are possible? How would you re-envision this iconic building? How can a building that changed the course of modern hospital design and structural engineering be re-used for the future? What new business models for healthcare, eduction and research would you propose to bring continued economic prosperity to an urban neighborhood defined by an interconnected hospital and university campus.

Background Located in the downtown Chicago neighborhood of Streeterville, this concrete, clover leaf-shaped structure is considered an iconic piece of architecture for the city by some and an eyesore by others. Completed in 1975, the organically-shaped form stands out in a field of rectilinear mid-rise and high-rise developments.

The hospital is considered ground-breaking for its cutting-edge architecture and advanced engineering, as well as for what was a progressive design approach to organizing medical wards and services. Prentice Women’s Hospital received international press coverage and an award from Engineering News Record for its innovative tower and open floor-plate layout that eliminated the need for structural support columns. Partially occupied until fall of 2011, the structure has been determined to be in sound condition, but in need of repair. Today the building is in imminent danger of being torn down by its owner, Northwestern University, but it’s fate ultimately lies in the hands of the city’s administration. A study was commissioned by Landmarks Illinois in 2011 to propose alternative uses for the structure, which is now vacant, as Prentice Women’s Hospital had moved into a new structure less than a block away. The three schemes produced were rejected by Northwestern University as either not needed or too limiting for the university’s research agenda.

A coalition, which includes AIA Chicago, DoCoMoMo (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement), Landmarks Illinois, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Chicago has been formed to advocate for the preservation of this irreplaceable modern building. It has been on the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 “10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois” list by Landmarks Illinois, it was placed on the National Trust’s 2011 “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” in the nation list and has been determined by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Renowned local and international architects, and concerned citizens alike, have signed letters and petitions for the structure to be saved.

Eligibility The “FUTURE PRENTICE” Competition is open to anyone with a vision of what the former Prentice Women’s Hospital could become: students, architects, landscape architects, planners, designers and artists.

Members of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Architectural Club, staff and Board members from AIA Chicago, members of the jury or their families, or those involved with the preparation or funding of this competition may not participate.

Reduced Fee for Students (with valid ID) $50

Registration To register go to the CAC website [http://chicagoarchitecturalclub.org] follow the payment instructions and send an email to [chicagoprize2012@gmail.com] with the contact information for the entrant or team leader.

Confirmation of the registration along with a random 5-digit registration number will be emailed to the registrant (individual or the team leader) for identification of the final submission. One registration is required per project submitted. Participants may submit multiple entries or be part of multiple teams, but each submission must have an individual registration number. Registration will remain open until the submission due date.

Submissions Competition submissions are due at 12 noon CST on 15 October 2012. Submissions are electronic and submitted via email only.

The following materials should be submitted: 1. A maximum of four 11”x17” boards (tabloid) oriented in landscape format. Each board must include the 5-digit assigned registration number in the lower right hand corner. Boards must be combined into a single four page document and submitted in PDF format. The file should be named with the 5-digit registration number - “12345.pdf” 2. A written statement of no more than 250 words explaining your ideas. The file should be named “Statement_12345.pdf” 3. A single page document with your teams identification and contact information. Include: Project title, names of team members, leader’s telephone number, and email address. The file should be named “ID_12345.pdf” All three PDF files must be then saved in a single ZIP file named with the 5-digit registration number -“12345.zip”. The single ZIP file should be sent via email to : chicagoprize2012@gmail.com. The email subject line should read “Registration Number_12345”.

Upon announcement of the winners, higher resolution images will be requested from winning submissions and selected entries.

Schedule August 20 - Competition Launched / Online Registration Opens / Q&A Period Opens September 15 - Q&A Period Closes October 15 - Online submissions are due November 2012 - Winners announced (date and location TBA)

Awards & Jury

This competition is to be conducted solely via this web- site – no additional printed material is available. The official language of the competition is English. All drawings and architectural scales should be expressed in feet and inches.

First prize: $3,000.00

Anonymity & Ownership

Third prize: $750.00

“FUTURE PRENTICE” is an anonymous competition. No names of team members shall appear on graphic material or in file names.

The unique 5-digit registration number is the only means of identification.

All material received by the competition organizers becomes their property, including reproduction rights. The intellectual property rights for each submission remain with the author(s) of the submission. The Chicago Architectural Club reserves the right to publish, exhibit, or present the work submitted to this competition in any format.

Second prize: $1,500.00

Up to three honorable mentions will be awarded. Winning projects will also be featured on the Chicago Architectural Club’s website, on the official competition catalogue, and are to be exhibited in a public event (date and location TBA).

The competition will be decided by a jury of notable professionals and academics. The jury will be announced via the Chicago Architectural Club’s Website. The decisions of the jury will be final and unalterable, and they thereby reserve the right to leave any prize vacant, or partially award prizes.

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Site For purposes of the competition two sites are available for speculation. Competitors may choose to deal with only Site A, which holds Goldberg’s Prentice Women’s Hospital, or they may choose to add Site B into their solution set.

Every solution must incorporate Goldberg’s structure into their proposal.

SITE A: The former Prentice Women’s Hospital site.

Located at 333 East Superior Street in Chicago’s Streeterville Neighborhood, within the campuses of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University. The neighborhood benefits from the presence of several other innovative buildings from the same period: Mies van der Rohe’s 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, SOM’s John Hancock Center, SOM’s The Plaza on Dewitt, and Schipporeit-Heinrich’s Lake Point Tower.

The site is bound by East Superior Street on the North, East Huron Street on the South, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago on the East and The Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on the West. Its neighbors include significant The building occupies the entire site and consists of a rectangular five-story base of reinforced concrete post and beam construction below a seven-story tower of reinforced poured concrete in a distinctive quatrefoil shape. Its total size is approximately 340,150 sq feet including mechanical spaces and basement.

The typical bay span in the base portion of the hospital is 34 feet by 34 feet. It is currently clad in an opaque metal curtain wall with solar bronze insulating glass windows. Fenestration is intermittent and incorporated into the curtain wall. Visitors enter the building via a glass-enclosed plaza at ground level. The main entrance is on the south facade, with a secondary entrance on the north and loading zones and service entrances on the east and west facades. Elevators and stairs lead through the core of the building to the clinic levels of the rectangular base, and beyond to the tower above.

A fifth floor steel framed addition currently exists that is not part of the original design. The schematic section on page 7 does not show this addition.

SITE B: Vacant lot in front of the former Prentice Women’s Hospital site.

Directly opposite Site A is a vacant lot owned by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, site of the former VA Hospital. The area is bound

by East Huron Street on the North, East Erie Street on the South, North McClurg Court on the East and North Fairbanks Court on the West.

Program Northwestern University has stated that it wants to eventually build on the site upwards of 500,000 square feet of state of the art medical research lab facilities, but that Prentice will not meet those needs. They have applied for permission from the City of Chicago to demolish Goldberg’s masterpiece.

Competitors can decide to make medical research lab facilities the primary programmatic element or may propose additional or alternate programs. While there is no set program for this competition, programs, or sets of programs, that acknowledge the nature of the neighborhood, which is home to a hospital campus and research-focused university are strongly encouraged.

Competitors may choose to: restore and preserve the Goldberg structure, modify the structure or make additions to it.

Questions Questions regarding the competition will be accepted until September 15. Questions should be emailed to: chicagoprize2012@gmail.com. Answers will be posted on the Chicago Architectural Club’s Website.

Copyright © 2012 Chicago Architectural Club | www.chicagoarchitecturalclub.org

Architect Bertrand Goldberg in front of Prentice Women’s Hospital. Photo by Bina Sanghavi, for Modern Healthcare, courtesy of Geoff Goldberg.

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SITE BOUNDARIES

Image courtesy of Google

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VICINITY MAP Note: All drawings courtesy of Landmarks Illinois

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MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE

FLOOR TO FLOOR HEIGHTS

FLOOR DEPTHS FOR TOWER APPROX. 15” FLOOR DEPTHS FOR PODIUM APPROX. 12”

14’-8”

ELEVENTH FLOOR

10’-6”

TENTH FLOOR

10’-6”

NINTH FLOOR

10’-6”

EIGHTH FLOOR

10’-6”

SEVENTH FLOOR

10’-6”

SIXTH FLOOR

10’-6”

FIFTH FLOOR

22’-1.5”

FOURTH MECHANICAL

22’-10.5”

FOURTH MECHANICAL

10’-0”

187’-0”

FOURTH FLOOR (Existing steel frame addition not shown)

13’-6”

THIRD FLOOR

13’-6”

SECOND FLOOR

13’-6”

FIRST FLOOR

13’-6.5”

GROUND

SCHEMATIC SECTION

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SUPERIOR STREET

SUPERIOR STREET

34’-0”

6’-5”

34’-0”

HURON STREET GROUND FLOOR PLAN

HURON STREET Note: All drawings courtesy of Landmarks Illinois

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FLOOR PLAN LEVELS 1-3

Upper Left: 6

Lower Left: nurseries su

EXISTING CONDITIONS Below: The column-free floors in the clover-leaf shaped tower provide great flexibility for potential reuses.

They are interrupted only by elevator shafts and staircases, which also serve as the building’s structural core.

Upper Left: A photo of the interior during construction.

Lower Left: A floor plan of the tower as it was originally used for maternity wards, with patient rooms and nurseries surrounding a central nursing station.

Usable Area = 15,500sf

Area of Circle = 4,636sf R = 38’-5”

COLUMN-FREE FLOOR PLAN WITH PARTITIONS REMOVED

Area of Circle = 4,636sf R = 38’-5” ORIGINAL PLAN RADIUS: 38’-5” AREA OF CIRCLE: 4,636 SF USABLE AREA: 15,500 SF

PODIUM ROOF PLAN

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN LEVELS 5 - 11

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Photo credit: Hedrich Blessing, courtesy of Estate of Bertrand Goldberg.

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Photo credit: Dave Urschel.

Photo credit: Hedrich Blessing, courtesy of Estate of Bertrand Goldberg.

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