Between States—50 Designers Transform Chicago's Neighborhoods

Between States—50 Designers Transform Chicago's Neighborhoods is an ambitious showcase of 50 community-based design solutions to transform underappreciated and underperforming spaces in Chicago into rejuvenated civic anchors.

This exhibition is the latest in CAF’s multi-year 50 Designers/50 Wards investigation, which explores how designers and residents might equally participate in identifying growth opportunities within all of Chicago’s neighborhoods.

This year, CAF has challenged 50 Chicago-based design teams to identify a physical asset in one of Chicago’s 50 wards that could benefit from a redesign and imagine a way to transition it “between states.” The meaning is twofold. First, how can the physical state of these sites be transformed? Second, how can successful community-based projects from other U.S. states serve as inspiring case studies for Chicagoans?

PRICE    Free and open to the public

HOURS   September 19, 2017 to March 1, 2018

LOCATION    CAF Atrium Gallery, 224 S. Michigan Ave.

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Participating design teams

The exhibition is curated by Martin Felsen of UrbanLab.