Illinois Institute of Technology

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

Two color posters, (21 x 32") depicting early concept drawings of: 1) Lohan Master Plan with landscaping; 2) McCormick Tribune Campus Center.

Description of the Collection Office files of the project known as the Lohan Master Plan, being the program initiated by Illinois Institute of Technology ca. 1993 to re-develop the physical campus. Collection includes working files and documents related to the National Commission on IIT, Mesirow/Stein request for proposal, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition, the new Chicago Police Headquarters building located in Bronzeville, campus landscaping, and minor amounts of material on the...

Description of the Collection

Materials related to the activities of Stein & Co. and Mesirow/Stein in regard to the Lohan Master Plan activities, 1996-1997.

Description of the Collection This collection consists of oversize presentation boards with images (concept designs, architects' drawings, blueprints) of various physical and architectural development projects on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology and surrounding Bronzeville area redevelopment executed as part of the university's long-range plans begun ca. 1998. Projects documented include the following: Mies Campus (reproductions of historic images), 1941 and later; "Reurbanization", 1998; Main Campus Master...

Description of the Collection

A series of short papers about Illinois Institute of Technology's progress in the Arts, Sciences, Engineering and Research. Multiple copies of each the following papers (four out of a total five): "Men of Vision," "History on Wire," "Tolerances," and "Operation 'College'."

Description of the Collection

Eight videocassettes of presentations by finalist architects who had submitted designs for the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition at Illinois Institute of Technology in the late 1990s. The tapes bear the following notations: 1) Bob Galvin interview, 11/21/1996 2) Zaha Hadid, 3/11/1998 3) Sejima/Nishizawa, 3/11/1998 4) Rem Koolhaas, 3/11/1998 5) Peter Eisenman, 4/1/1998 6) Goodman/Miller, 4/1/1998 7-8) 1998-1999 Television Highlights (2 copies)

Description of the Collection Glass slides apparently used in two early presentations about IIT. Slides were found in a drawer with two empty slide boxes labeled as follows: 1) Complete set used for UET presentation; 2) Used 6-4-40 Alumni Banquet. Images include photographs and drawings of Mies-designed buildings on IIT campus (probably taken by Hedrich-Blessing), aerial photographs and diagrams of campus and surrounding Bronzeville neighborhood, graphs & charts with statistical information regarding...