Chicago Pavilion…The Burnham Plan

Alderman Brendan Reilly and chairs of the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee made public two temporary architectural pavilions that will be installed this June in Millennium Park, to symbolize the forward-looking agenda of the 220 organizations that are actively commemorating this year’s 100th anniversary of the Plan of Chicago.

The architects’ rendering of the two recyclable pavilions that will open from June 19 – October 31 on the park’s South Chase Promenade were released at a meeting hosted by the Alderman’s office, the Burnham Committee, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Art Institute of Chicago and Friends of Downtown.

Both architectural exhibits, one designed by London-based Zaha Hadid and the other by Amsterdam-based Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, emphasize the importance of boldly imagining a better future for all. One pavilion’s curvilinear formal geometries engage state-of-the-art fabric technologies; the other’s floating roof offers surprising views of the Chicago skyline.