Obama Presidential Center construction completes
The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago reached a height of 68.5 meters. Designed by Todd Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA), the building, was It was first revealed in 2017and Further details are expected to be revealed in early 2018. The Obama Foundation held a ground-raising ceremony on June 11, 2024, with the former US president and several construction workers in attendance.I am incredibly grateful and thankful for the dedication you all have shown – your professionalism, your hard work.” President Obama vowed to commemorate the milestone during his visit.
Plans for the Obama Presidential Center were first revealed in 2017 | Rendering © TWBTA
New Museum with Community Programs in Chicago
The 270,000-square-foot Obama Presidential Center campus will include a presidential museum that highlights the important role Chicago's South Side played in shaping President and First Lady Obama's worldview. The museum's top floor will feature a contemplative multipurpose space overlooking the surrounding neighborhood. The site will also include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, an orchard, a vegetable garden and a teaching kitchen. It will also include an athletic center for recreation, community programs and events, as well as an extensive lawn, new walking and biking paths and a children's play area.
It will reach a height of 68.5 meters | Image from the Obama Foundation's Instagram
Meanwhile, the Obama Foundation says it is committed to ensuring the center protects and improves adjacent Jackson Park — breathing new life into Frederick Law Olmsted's vision of a unified, walkable public space by reintegrating the park, planting new trees, increasing biodiversity, and expanding new habitat for birds and wildlife. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Leading the landscape architecture team on the project Site Design Group and Habitat — Two Chicago-based companies. Todd Williams Billie Tsien Architects We have worked together Interactive Design Architects (IDEA) Regarding the project architecture.
Barack Obama at the ground-raising ceremony | Image from the Obama Foundation Instagram
Image courtesy of the Obama Foundation
Project Information:
name: Obama Presidential Center
position: Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois
Construction team: Todd Williams Billy Tsien Architects + Interactive Design Architects (IDEA)
Organizer: Obama Foundation | @obamafoundation
Topping-out ceremony: June 11, 2024
completion: 2025 (projected)
