LATENT DESIGN

Chicago Common
Perched above a rambunctious intersection of Bucktown is Reading Room. Throughout the , this room showcased a series of recently completed and newly commissioned projects for this exhibition by Chicago-based practices that envision a shared present and future featuring large-scale drawings, collages, and conceptual models.

Our installation represented the outcome of a targeted ten-session engagement plan invited input from students at eight local elementary, middle, and high schools, along with members of six Boys and Girls Clubs. Community workshops, focus groups, and interactive charrettes ensured the design directly reflects neighborhood aspirations.. This collage represents our firm’s process from community workshops to design, through construction and use, tracking its success as students build ambitious plans for their lives.

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Alumni Relations
Our firm has deep connections to with nearly half of the current and former staff as graduates of their unique BArch program. Working with decades of alumni, current Delts, and campus planning, we developed a comprehensive existing conditions report of the aging 1960s modernist building to inform a multi-tier renovation and fundraising strategy for the 125th anniversary of the chapter.

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Liberated Spaces
Quilombo leans into the abolitionist belief that everyone deserves care first. After acquiring a South Shore 10 unit building, is creating a space that aims to restore and center the collective physical needs of Black young adults, Black women, and Black GNC folx on Chicago’s South Side. One of the inagural receipients of the Wealth Our Way (WOW) Grant, the first phase of redevelopment will be completed in 2026 and will be anchored with the Quilombo offices, popup market, and 4 renovated units.

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