Architecture
O’Hare 21
The proposal from Team #1, Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza Joint Venture Partners.
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Chicago is getting a very exciting updates! Back in January, the city of Chicago unveiled the five finalists for the design of O’Hare’s new international terminal.
It was a part of former Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel’s O’Hare 21 project to make the airport even more successful and connected on the global scale. It is an exciting project for our city in terms of the increased capacity and efficiency it will bring to the airport, the recognition for Chicago in the global market, and the thousands of jobs it will create right here at home!
The proposal from Team #2, Foster Epstein Moreno Joint Venture Partners desgin.
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The whole O’Hare 21 vision will include a terminal that will include both domestic and international flights, a “global alliance hub”, making O’Hare the first airport in the United States to do so!
Slated to be completed by 2028, the five short-listed designs were presented to the city to allow the public to vote for their favorite. Althoughno announcement has been made on who designer the winning design, all are incredible ideas!
The proposal from Team #3, Studio ORD.
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The five teams which made it to the finishing round are as follows:
Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza Joint Venture Partners, Foster Epstein Moreno Joint Venture Partners, Studio ORD Joint Venture Partners
(headed by Chicago’s own Jeanne Gang!), Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Santiago Calatrava.
Designs were varied and all stunning; some proposals made making connections to O’Hare’s origins as Orchard Field and its Midwestern roots. Other architects took a different approach and are using their proposed designs to look to the future and all the possibilities.
The proposal from Team #4, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill.
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Regardless of the winner, this competition has generated some incredible ideas. All of us in Chicago cannot wait for O’Hare’s much needed and long-awaited face-lift. The countdown is on until it will be looking more modern and refreshed as we step into the next decade! Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long to see who the panel selects!
The proposal from Team #5, Santiago Calatrava, LLC.
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Some fun facts about O’Hare 21:
- The new global terminal will be one of the largest and most chuting-edge terminals in the nation. At 2.2 million square feet, this terminal will hopefully enable visitors to Chicago to get an impeccable first impression to our amazing city!
- Today’s Terminal 2, the most dated of the current four terminals, will become an expanded, light-filled arrivals hall.
- The O’Hare Global Terminal is expected to cost $2.2 billion and construction is scheduled to break ground in 2023.
- All-in-all, the project’s cost is slated to cost $8.5 billion.
