Our brief was to design a mixed-use building that would inhabit the neighborhood of Oak Park in Chicago, IL. The program of the building was to include a cafe, radio station, office space, and rentable venue space. Because of the neighborhood’s direct connection to downtown Chicago through the “L”, I decided to base my design off of the iconic Seagram Building by Mies van der Rohe With the use of the I-Beam – much like Mies I was able to divide the space into a series of zones and modules creating a grid. Unlike Mies, I broke the grid. By doing this I was able to create expansive spaces within the building’s interior as well as create three grand outdoor experiences.