Lohan Associates

Description of the Collection

Main Campus Programming Study, being the document presented by Lohan Associates to Illinois Institute of Technology concerning reorganization of space allocation on the university's main campus. This draft copy is dated May 17, 1996; ca. 250 pages. Table of contents chapter headings: Executive summary; Recommended relocation plan; Existing conditions; Relocation strategy; Space forecast; Appendix.

Description of the Collection This collection created by Lohan Associates for IIT contains: 1) Main Campus Master Plan, being the proposal by Lohan Associates (Dirk Lohan, FAIA, President) for physical revitalization of Illinois Institute of Technology's main campus on the South Side of Chicago at 33rd and State Sts. This is the final draft, dated April 30, 1996, presented by IIT Pres. Lew Collens to the university's Board of Trustees. Proposal includes recommendations for renovations of Mies van der Rohe buildings,...

Description of the Collection Slide presentation and accompanying written documentation (7 pages photocopied from "Background Briefing Book for Urban Land Institute" [created in March, 1995]) given to IIT Board of Trustees, Jan. 18, 1995, by team of architects who presented alternative schemes for redevelopment of the university's main campus. Slides (ct.=28) contain "talking point" text phrases and include some statistics. (Slides are not in original order.) The individuals responsible for this project are identified in...