Project Description
FROM AIA CHICAGO:
Fourth- and fifth-year architecture students at the Illinois Institute of Technology collaborated to design and build an exhibition and event space for the grounds of the iconic Farnsworth House. Meant to evoke the vernacular architecture in the rural area around the landmark, it is a contemporary take on a round barn, its walls solid to maximize exhibit space inside. Its cap is a lantern-like projection that brings in abundant natural light. The students’ zeal for the project extended to such things as collecting lumber scraps from the project to make a handsome end-grain floor. The jurors were charmed by many aspects of the project and the thoughtful use of resources.
For more information about IIT’s project, please visit http://www.barnsworthstudio.com/
For more information about the 2014 AIA Chicago Small Projects Awards, please read http://www.architectmagazine.com/award-winners/aia-chicago-announces-winners-of-2014-small-projects-awards_o.aspx