Archinet News, March 2023

Chicago Architecture Center features 42 design proposals in new exhibition that addresses “missing middle density” housing

Thanks to an RFQ launched in December 2022, local and national architecture firms were asked to submit design solutions for four housing types: Single-Family Homes, 2- and 3-flats, Rowhouses, and 6-flats set in Auburn Gresham, Bronzeville, East Garfield Park, Englewood, Humboldt Park, and Woodlawn, areas. The CAC says each of the designs is meant to attract a community development model that can attract residents “back home” as tied to the initiative's three core principles. 

“Chicago is at the forefront of housing design for 21st-century living,” said Eleanor Esser Gorski, CEO of the Chicago Architecture Center. “Whether it’s the return to multigenerational housing or the rise of the gig economy and micro-mobility, the way people live has evolved—and housing must evolve with it. The CAC is proud to be part of an initiative that calls for fresh, innovative ideas and partners with the community to tell us what they would want to “come home to” in their neighborhood.”

Check out the article here.

Check out the DDA Come Home Chicago proposal here.