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Perspectives' new school is located
on Chicago's near south side, on a triangular
site at State and Archer, just north of Bertrand Goldberg's
Raymond Hilliard Homes. The
long, tapered shape of the site (like the tip of a pencil)
is a potential liability but also an asset to the project.
Ralph Johnson of Perkins
+ Will exploited the triangular shape by letting the building
reach almost to its eastern tip, stopping the enclosed building
short but extending the roof
to the corner. Connected to this portion of the roof is a
metal mesh trellis, the future home to ivy planted at its
base. |
