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CLIENT
University of Chicago Learning Art by

CLIENT CONTACT INFO
Mr. Gavin Tun Doing Art
Former UCLS Project Manager
312.607.6654
gavin.tun@gmail.com GORDON PARKS ARTS HALL
PROJECT COST
$60M (e) $60M (a)
FGM Architects and its associate firm, Valerio Dewalt Train
SCHEDULE Associates (VDTA), worked with the University of Chicago
Completed: 2015 Laboratory Schools, a premier PK–12 school associated with the
ADDRESS OF OFFICE university and founded by education reformer John Dewey over
RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICES a century ago. Gordon Parks Arts Hall, was the second phase of
300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1100 a program that also included the top to bottom renovation of the
Chicago, Illinois 60606
five existing buildings and the construction of the Earl Shapiro Hall.
% OF SELF-PERFORMED WORK
35% The Gordon Parks Arts Hall dramatically increased the Lab Schools’
ability to support its theater and music programs. Two new black
box theaters, with associated support spaces and a 700-seat
assembly hall, support the Hall’s primary programmatic functions.
Art studios and music classrooms were designed to take advantage
of the views of Scammons Garden, directly north of the new wing.
The Gordon Parks Arts Hall supports programs in theater, music
and the visual arts with three new performance halls, studios,
rehearsal and practice rooms, a digital media room and additional
spaces to support the programs.

The project is LEED Silver certified.

12 FIRM EXPERIENCE