The Chicago Gateway is composed of two vertical mixed-use towers supported by a leaning tower covered in a green roof. Offices and commercial space would reside in the vertical towers and residences in the leaning tower, which bridges over Lake Shore Drive. All of the structures are connected together via a vertical farm podium, and a network of sky bridges connects the towers and provides access to other nearby buildings.
Urban farming via hydroponics would take place inside the green podium, and a green roof would grow additional produce. Vegetables and herbs would be grown in mechanized hanging baskets in the hydroponic farm. Produce from the farm could be delivered via they sky bridges, and the public can access the building and use the elevated routes to travel around the city.
This design, which was created in 2007, was a finalist for the prestigious Schiff Foundation Fellowship.
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This towering eco high-rise offers a green gateway to the city of Chicago that includes a large vertical farm, mixed-use towers, and a residential tower all tied together by a series of sky bridges. Envisioned by a student at the Illinois Institute of
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The Chicago Gateway would sit on the site of the dormant construction site of the Chicago Spire.
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The design is composed of two mixed-use vertical towers and one leaning residential tower that are connected via a ‘green podium’.
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The ‘green podium’ contains a vertical hydroponic farm and a green garden roof.
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The leaning tower has balconies for the residents, which would be planted with trees and other vegetation.
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The hydroponic farm grows vegetables and herbs in mechanized hanging baskets.
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Sky bridges connect the towers to each other as well as to other nearby towers.
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The towers could be built independently over time.
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The public can walk through the residential towers to the hydroponic farm and around to the network of sky bridges.
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At ground level, the towers bridge over the road gap and the area around would be landscaped to create a new park.
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At lower levels, the vertical towers are offices and the slanted tower has individual residences.
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The hydroponic farm features growing facilities as well as public amenities.
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Above the farm are more residences and office space.
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