“This one communicates vertically, which was a key strategy.” “Most schools are horizontally communicating,” Johnson says. And the Printer’s Row neighborhood, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, abuts the site’s western edge. The site, previously occupied by a parking lot and the city’s historic Pacific Garden Mission (since relocated), is relatively small for a high school. The new Jones is taller, broader, and more complex than its predecessor. However, the building, which was originally programmed like an office complex, is still in use, and there are plans to restore the Modernist concrete structure and then link it to its larger sibling. The school switched to an academic program in 1982, then a college-preparatory curriculum in 1998-and has since been named one of America’s Best High Schools for four straight years by U.S. Built in 1967 as Jones Commercial High School to train students to be secretarial and office workers, the main structure of that old campus-also designed by Perkins+Will-is a slit-windowed, six-story building. The 278,000-square-foot school just about doubles the capacity of an existing facility located on the north end of the same block. “Downtown is the school’s campus,” says Erin Lavin Cabonargi, executive director of the Public Building Commission (PBC) of Chicago, the agency that built the school. The city’s Balbo Drive dead-ends at the lobby’s glass curtain wall, providing views out to nearby 1920s buildings, the Elevated train across the street, and Grant Park, which is only about three blocks east. It also serves as an overflow space for the adjacent auditorium. The first floor contains a spacious three-story lobby that doubles as the school’s town square.
Fernandez at 312/744-3572.The $115 million Jones College Prep, which opened last August, is actually seven stories tall, but higher than normal ceilings give it the stature of a 10- or 11-story building. Questions may be emailed to or faxed to Mr. Miguel Fernandez, Contract Negotiator, Public Building Commission, 50 West Washington, Room 200, Chicago, IL 60602. Questions: All questions regarding this contract must be submitted in writing to Mr. Documents: A copy of the RFQ can be downloaded here. Pre-Submittal Meeting: A pre-submittal meeting will be held Thursday, Maat 10:00 am in the Second Floor Board Room, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington, Room 200.
Submission Due Date: Qualification Submittals must be delivered by Thursday, April 5th by 4:00 pm to the Public Building Commission of Chicago, Richard J.
Respondents to this RFQ are also invited to submit their qualifications to serve as the Architect of Record for a minimum of two such projects, implementing the PBC’s prototypical design as developed by the Design Architect. The Design Architect will develop a prototypical design for future fieldhouses (including the development of design standards and specifications) and will serve as the Architect of Record for two or more CPS Elementary School Facilities.
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Type of Work: The PBC is soliciting qualifications from firms interested in providing professional services as Design Architect and Architect of Record for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) – Elementary Schools. Project Name: Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Design Architect and Architect of Record Services for Chicago Public Schools – Elementary Schools.
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