Oct 18, 2015 7:00 AM

Gallery: Radical Visions of Chicago's Future Skyline

Port Urbanism
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Port Urbanism's The Big Shift proposes moving Lake Shore Drive eastward and, through landfill and tunneling, creating about 300 acres for new development and public space.
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Port Urbanism's The Big Shift proposes moving Lake Shore Drive eastward and, through landfill and tunneling, creating about 300 acres for new development and public space.

Port Urbanism
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Port Urbanism's The Big Shift proposes moving Lake Shore Drive eastward and, through landfill and tunneling, creating about 300 acres for new development and public space.
Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape
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Logistical Ecologies by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape. Residential and industrial uses would be combined to promote activity and re-use aging infrastructure.

David Schalliol
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JGMA's proposal for a Wellness Center in Humboldt Park; part of David Brown's The Available City.
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Multiple schemes for The Available City.

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UrbanLab's Filter Island creates a colorful new public park from natural filters for the Chicago River.
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Weathers' Second Sun, a park that responds to various forms of energy

David Schalliol
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Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition, by Design With Company. One building would contain several structures, with styles and landmarks from various time periods.
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Model (left) and drawing (right) for The High LIfe by SOM and CAMESgibson. Each cantilevered section would be developed as its own neighborhood.

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Logistical Ecologies by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape
David Brown
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The Available City envisions collective uses for Chicago's thousands of empty lots

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