NICHOLAS DESIGN COLLABORATIVE: 5549 S. WOODLAWN_SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE - HYDE PARK, IL.
EXTERIOR: FRONT_FACING WEST
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: This is a 4,200 square foot house plus basement. It is a single family residence located adjacent to the campus of the University of Chicago built for a U of C professor and his family. The neighboring buildings were primarily built in the late 1800’s early 1900’s. The site is positioned between a block of 2 and 3 story stately brick homes and a limestone clad university building that is 4 stories tall. There was much discussion of whether to incorporate brick, limestone or perhaps stucco (which was the material of the original house on the site) into the project. Ultimately the combination of limestone and stucco was selected and applied in order to emphasize separate volumes of the house and to break down the scale. The location of this house plays a role in the context as a whole. This house is now a part of the architecturally renown University of Chicago campus; a campus full of significant architectural works by: Mies van der Rohe, Rafael Viñoly, Walter Netsch, and Frank Lloyd Wright, just to name a few. This house is intended to be a functional modern statement contributing to the broad range of architectural styles in Hyde Park, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House located just two blocks away.
exterior perspectives