![]() ![]() The museum will be the tallest of the three buildings and hold an exhibition space, offices and education and meeting rooms. It will include three buildings-a museum, forum and library-that will form a campus surrounding a public plaza. The Obamas released a conceptual vision and site map for the Center in May 2017. ![]() They'll work alongside Chicago-based Site Design Group and Living Habitats on the center's landscape architecture. Michael Van Valkenburgh's New York City-based firm has already made its mark on Chicago with its designs for Maggie Daley Park and the 606. Dina Griffin said of the Obama Center, “As a native Chicagoan and resident of the South Side, this project is deeply meaningful to me and I could not be more excited.” For example, during a 10-year collaboration, the firm worked with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop on all phases of the 2009 Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago. They’ve also partnered with some of the world’s leading contemporary architects to provide local expertise, architectural services and project management. Since 1992, IDEA has designed museums, libraries, academic buildings, facade renovations and municipal structures. This Chicago firm is led by Dina Griffin-a lifelong Chicagoan and a resident of the South Side-along with founding partners Charles Young and Robert Larsen. Williams and Tsien will be working in collaboration with Interactive Design Architects (IDEA). Of their upcoming work on the Presidential Center, Williams and Tsien said that “the greatest buildings are places which contribute to more than their particular task by elevating and improving the world.” The 11-story tower is topped with a “performance penthouse” that has a fantastic panoramic view of the neighborhood, the Midway and downtown. It features generous public space, including large lobbies, an outdoor courtyard, a gallery and two elevated lounges-as well as sustainable elements that earned it LEED Gold Certification. The Logan Center, located just south of the Midway Plaisance and a few blocks from the Obama Center’s future site, is a unique multi-disciplinary arts center. Williams and Tsien are an acclaimed New York-based husband-and-wife team who designed the University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in 2012. In January 2017, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates was selected to lead the center's landscape design. In June 2016, the Obama Foundation announced their selection of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and Interactive Design Architects (IDEA) to design the Obama Presidential Center. The center will be situated in the Woodlawn neighborhood between 60th and 63rd streets, along Stony Island Avenue and across from Hyde Park Academy High School. It will also be just a few steps away from the Museum of Science and Industry, which is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts that was also built for the fair. In fact, the Obama Center will be built on the same land that was once home to the fair’s massive greenhouse. In 1893, this historic lakefront park played host to the 1893 World’s Fair. In July 2016, the Obama Foundation selected Jackson Park as the center’s site. Both were designed by famed landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The Obama Foundation considered a pair of South Side parks as sites for the Presidential Center: Washington Park and Jackson Park. It’s fitting that the Obama Presidential Center will be built in Chicago, as the city is the home (and a former workplace) of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. Three are located near where the president retired. Seven are located near pre-presidential workplaces. Ten libraries are located in the president’s home state. ![]() ![]() Yet the buildings themselves also have an identity and are designed to display a carefully crafted message about a president’s legacy.Įach president has one or more connections to their library’s chosen location: Six libraries are located in the president’s hometown. The mission of presidential libraries is to safeguard a president’s papers and to offer an impartial record of his or her time in office. The architectural ideas of each president’s era also play a role in the final designs. Here’s a look at what we know so far.įrom the austere glass and steel geometry of the Kennedy Library to the Spanish Mission-style of the Reagan Library, the designs of presidential libraries across the country vary as much as the leaders they represent. Chicago will soon be home to the Obama Presidential Center. ![]()
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