The Tender House Project Studios operates within the Architecture and Interior Architecture Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is facilitated by architectural designer and curator, Mejay Gula. Through research and design explorations, the THP Studio challenges to find new ways of engaging Chicago’s historic bridgehouses, building from the needs of existing local arts organizations, to generate architectural design proposals for Chicago’s complex multi-layered industrial corridor.
2019 TENDER HOUSE PROJECT STUDIO: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
This year, eight students in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Masters of Architecture program creatively reimagine the next life for five site specific bridgehouses and their neighboring communities along the South Branch of the river. These proposals imagine cultural futures in collaboration with local arts organization, Co-Prosperity Sphere. The result is part of a “master plan” that envisions the Chicago River system as a cultural network, bridging diverse neighborhoods and communities together.
2018 TENDER HOUSE PROJECT STUDIO: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Bridgehouse Studio: School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Master of Architecture program creatively reimagines a next life for three site specific bridgehouses and their surrounding areas on the South and North Branches of the river. The result is part of a “master plan” that envisions the Chicago River system as a cultural network, bridging diverse neighborhoods and communities together.
About the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of- the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, Jeff Koons, and LeRoy Neiman.