Utility Plants Chicago
Two new utility buildings were built on the campus of the University of Chicago according to plans drawn up by the architect company Murphy/Jahn; the buildings supply the different facilities of the university with compressed-air, steam and chilled water. Due to the restricted amount of space available on the campus the various technical apparatus had to be placed above one another across several storeys in the building; this placed increased demands on the planning of the structure and the facade as did the client’s desire for the technical installations to fulfil aesthetic engineering criteria.
Architecture
Murphy/Jahn, Chicago/USA
Planning time
2006 − 2008
Construction time
2008 − 2009
Services by Werner Sobek
Structural engineering of loadbearing structures and facades (WP 1 − 6 acc. to § 64 HOAI)
Client
University of Chicago, Chicago/USA
Photography
Rainer Viertlböck, Gauting/Germany