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1111 West Addison
1111 West Addison
Chicago, IL, United States
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Other Projects by Hirsch MPG LLC
1111 West Addison
Chicago, IL, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The design needed to resolve an inherent conflict between the desire of the community to have an outward looking building with lots of glass and activity, and the desire of the bouldering gym to look inward by placing all climbing walls on the perimeter. In addition, the site serves as a transition in scale from the taller commercial buildings to the east, including Wrigley Field, and the smaller scale residential buildings to the west that make up Wrigleyville.
The design solution started with a central atrium which focused the climbing activities inward, allowing climbing to be the central focus of the facility. But the climbing wall were strategically placed to allow a significant amount of glass on the north façade and a focus towards the marquee of Wrigley Field. The push and pull of the façade created outdoor space which reinforced the building’s relationship to Wrigley Field and resolved the transitional scale of the site. Where climbing walls do abut the north wall, glass was replaced with a textured brick wall, for the extent of the wall only, allowing glass to surround the climbing walls and flood the interior with light, providing views of the climbing activity from the exterior. The merging of the interior programmatic needs, the site’s immediate context and the historic context or Wrigleyville into a singular design is the strength of this turn-key development.
The design solution started with a central atrium which focused the climbing activities inward, allowing climbing to be the central focus of the facility. But the climbing wall were strategically placed to allow a significant amount of glass on the north façade and a focus towards the marquee of Wrigley Field. The push and pull of the façade created outdoor space which reinforced the building’s relationship to Wrigley Field and resolved the transitional scale of the site. Where climbing walls do abut the north wall, glass was replaced with a textured brick wall, for the extent of the wall only, allowing glass to surround the climbing walls and flood the interior with light, providing views of the climbing activity from the exterior. The merging of the interior programmatic needs, the site’s immediate context and the historic context or Wrigleyville into a singular design is the strength of this turn-key development.
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