Build Week @ Anthony Overton
The weekend prior to the opening of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, all teams were all hands on deck! It was very exciting to see...
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Summer Activation 2019 #3 (August)
On Saturday, August 31st, we held our third public activation for Process(ing) Transformation – this was a day full of action! Our...
Summer Activation 2019 #2 (July)
On Saturday, July 27th, we held our second public activation for Process(ing) Transformation. This time around, a total of five teams and...
Chicago Architecture Biennial Bootcamp Week @ Overton School
From July 15th to 19th, Creative Grounds and Chicago Architecture Biennial, hosted a bootcamp week for architects, designers, and artists...
CAC Neighborhood Teen Ambassador Site Visit
On Monday, July 15th, teens from the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Neighborhood Teen Ambassadors program visited former Overton...
Summer Activation 2019 #1 (July)
On Saturday, July 6th, Creative Grounds hosted the first of three public activations of 2019. It was a hot summer day and we were ready...
Design as Intervention: Activating the “In Between”
On May 8th, our class, Process(ing) Transformation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, finished with an optimistic note for...
Ain't You Heard - What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
On Tuesday, April 16th, after weeks of prototyping and fine tuning, the long awaited Dimensions of Citizenship : Ain't You Heard - What...
8x3 Iteration: Blizzard Book
After a summer-long collaboration with Creative Grounds' 8x3: Art + Architecture Summer activations, I decided to produce an iteration of...
On-site Workshop 3: An Unexpected Spring Day Learning About Collectiveness, Resilience and Justice
Finally on a warm spring day in Chicago, we get to enjoy the great outdoors at Anthony Overton Elementary School. Our site visit was more...