Situated within the regional mobility and energy systems of our Conduit Urbanism project, a disruptive urban design intervention is proposed for Chicago.
The architectural form of the Exchange is rhizomic. Weaving through built and void spaces of the city, it interconnects a series of entry points through a common urban fabric of mobility and access. A new maglev terminal atop the I-90/I-94 Circle Interchange, a redesigned bus terminal, extended pedestrian connections at Union and LaSalle Stations, an expanded Van Buren Station, and a new ferry port for regional lake travel are all connected by an east-west elevated passenger link.
of multiple forms of open exchange.