Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Chicago Extra-Large is map installation located in the parking lot of a former public school in the Southside of Chicago – Anthony Overton Elementary – a school that was part of the unprecedented 2013 closings of almost fifty public schools. The map showcases neighborhood boundaries as well as the location of schools that closed, and uses a color-coded legend system to document and inform about their status in the process of redevelopment: immediately repurposed, sold or for sale.
This map has been incrementally created over the course of one-year (started in July 2017), and is a signature piece of the initiative Creative Grounds and special component of the public activations hosted at Overton school – soon to become a business and technology incubator. The map highlights 12 neighborhoods that are part of what is considered the Southside – Bronzeville being part of this cohort.
Chicago Extra-Large is a hybrid of data visualization and social space for collective reflection.
More about this initiative: www.creativegrounds.org
Project Credits:
Project: chicago Extra-Large
Architects: Borderless Studio
Partner organization: Washington Park Development Group
Team: Paola Aguirre, Valerie Wong, Jessica Moon, Dennis Milam, Ian Wong, Nicolette Stosur-Bassett
Special thanks: Ghian Foreman