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Mar 29
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Patricia Saldaña Natke of Urbanworks Speaks at TEDxUChicago

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Patricia Saldaña Natke presents “Architecture & Design: Renewing the Social Agenda” at TEDx at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center on April 30, 2016. This year’s conference theme, On the Margins, focuses on the grey area between established knowledge and new theory. Where is innovation right now? How is existing knowledge being pushed to its limits? Patricia will present UrbanWorks’ bold Pilsen Masterplan including groundbreaking transformative LaCasa student housing. Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue. Patricia joins ten other renowned speakers from a variety of backgrounds to present at this all-day conference. Read More

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Sep 25
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Maya Ruiz Leads Public Tours for Art Institute of Chicago

By 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial @es, Lectures/Presentations @es, Staff Happenings @es, Tours @es

UrbanWorks Communications Associate and Business Manager, Maya Ruiz, led public tours of the exhibition “Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye” for the Art Institute of Chicago Family Festival. The tour engaged families with children under 12 with concepts of visual language, cultural context and socially-responsible design. The Family Festival served over 300 visitors with free arts programming in the museum’s Ryan Education Center. The “Making Place” exhibition is a Partner Program of the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Read More

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Sep 28
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Tim Wang to Speak at Forming Functions Artist Talks

By 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial @es, Lectures/Presentations @es, Staff Happenings @es

UrbanWorks Designer, Tim Wang, will be featured with seven other artists and architects at Forming Functions, as part of this year’s Chicago Artists Month. The event, held at the Euro Furniture, will be a series of talks allowing the artists and architects to discuss “their work and the ability of the arts and architecture to shape the functions of community, culture and our everyday lives.” Tim will be speaking about “The Sustainable Future of Architecture.” The event will be held on October 24th, from noon until 4:30 pm, at 2145 W. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL.

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Sep 10
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Patricia Saldana Natke to present Vibrant Open Spaces at the American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting

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Patricia Saldaña Natke AIA is a speaker presenting Vibrant Open Spaces in Chicago’s Cultural Neighborhoods Friday, November 6, 2015 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM at the ASLA ( American Society of Landscape Architects ) Annual Meeting at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Other session presenters include Jose Magan ASLA, Ernie C. Wong FASLA, Bridget Stalla CDOT, and Stephen Ostrander CMAP. Read more and Register

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Oct 07
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Old Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse Charrette

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Invited civic organizations presented their visions for the Adaptive reuse of the Old Cook County Hospital. The Metropolitan Planning Council’s team: UrbanWorks, Brininstool Lynch, DLA Piper, Jones Lang LaSalle, Gorman & Co., MacRostie, Kretchmer, Primera Engineers, Sterling Bay, and the Chicago Public Art Group envisioned a new EPICENTER to serve as a hub, locus, nerve center for the City of Chicago. UrbanWorks’ concept – EPICENTER: WORK, LIVE, HEAL led by Principal Patricia Saldaña Natke, Associate Principal Maria Pellot and Designer Jose Esquinca, celebrated and captured the spirit of the original building as an urban office campus with conference space, student housing, assisted living, a child care center, and healing gardens. Presentations were held at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. View the full design presentation here Read more

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Jul 25
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The AHDLI- Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute’s Design Team

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Patricia Saldaña Natke selected as a  Design Resource Team Member for the AHDLI – Chicago two day charette. Enterprise Community Partners convened its 4th Annual AHDLI to explore the role of design through the lens of seven development projects and intensive dialogue between developers and architects. Patricia was a panelist for the opening keynote, The Multiplier Effect, by Robert Ivy, the Executive VP and CEO of the American Institute of Architects. Patricia presented a design case study of the LaCasa Student Housing in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Read more

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