BRONZEVILLE TOWERS

The neighborhood of Bronzeville, Illinois, located on the Southside of Chicago along the lakefront has a major revamp proposed by Skidmore Owens & Merrill. The development will be constructed on the site of the former Michael Reese Medical Center, which closed its doors in 2008 after a 127-year run as one of Chicago’s top medical care centers. Like the historic Michael Reese hospital, Bronzeville Lakefront will be a first-in-class, inclusive center for healthcare innovation on this South Side site which spans more than 100 acres. Along the healthcare programs, the masterplan will also provide housing and research centers. Our task is to choose a section of the masterplan for our site and propose programs relates and provides service not only to Bronzeville but to the rest of the Southside of Chicago. With this, we explored the typology of highrises that joins the urban context of both Chicago and the SOM's masterplan.

FALL 2022

Project Partner: Gregg Ussery

Instructors: Tim Brown