Short List for Chicago Navy Pier Redesign

This design idea for new public spaces at Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s Navy Pier is from AECOM.

Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s Navy Pier will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2016. At that future date the pier will have a new look, projected to cost $85 million.

In July of 2011, Navy Pier, Inc. put forth a ?EUR??,,????'??Centennial Vision?EUR??,,????'?? to expand and enrich the experience of those visiting this most popular of Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s public destinations. The design of the ?EUR??,,????'??Pierscape,?EUR??,,????'?? or outdoor public spaces, is an essential component of the vision plan.

A Pierscape design invitation went out in September 2011. Fifty-two design teams submitted proposals. Now five design teams have been named to compete in the final phase of the design competition. They are (alphabetically by team lead):

• AECOM/Bjarke Ingels Group
  
• Aedas Architects/Davis Brody Bond/Martha Schwartz Partners
  
• James Corner Field Operations
  
• !melk/HOK/Urban Lab
  
• Xavier Vendrell Studio/Grimshaw Architects

This design idea for new public spaces at Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s Navy Pier is from Aedas Architects.

This design idea for new public spaces at Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s Navy Pier is from !melk.

This design idea for new public spaces at Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s Navy Pier is from James Corner Field Operations.

This design idea for new public spaces at Chicago?EUR??,,????'???s Navy Pier is from Xavier Vendrell Studio.

Source: Navy Pier Vision