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  • RECENT PROJECTS
    • SAIC Sabbatical Triennial
    • Cob Oven
    • Sukkah
    • North Lawndale Whirligigs
    • Sears Sunken Garden
    • Garden to Table Farm
    • North Lawndale Concepts
  • Résumé
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CCA Academy Cob Oven

Community gathering at Slum Busters garden to tell the history of the garden and choose images to display on the weatpasted mural inside the sukkah.


Community dinner during the 2023 Chicago Sukkah Design Festival

The whole design and building team.

making the final layer by hand

THE RECONSTRUCTED SUKKAH AFTER THE FESTIVAL IN ITS FINAL SETTING

After the festival the team rebuilt the sukkah as a permanent gazebo at Slum Busters garden

INITIAL SKETCHES

Community charrette drawings 

FIRST SCALED MODELS

Twigs and rubber bands to simulate the logs and lashing

FINISHED SUKKAH AT NORTH LAWNDALE FREEDOM SQUARE DURING THE 2023 CHICAGO SUKKAH DESIGN FESTIVAl

Slum Busters Garden’s One To Many / Many To One (O2M/M2O) is an homage  to the collective work that Gerald Earles, Lorean Earles, and the North  Lawndale residents put forth to make up for the lack of support and  understanding from the authorities administering and planning the city.

https://www.chicagosukkahfestival.org/archive

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