The Chicago Architecture Biennial Lakefront Kiosk Competition’s prerequisites are as ambitious as they are irreconcilable. On one hand, an efficient, flexible, and solid structure is required in order to carry its commercial functions; on the other, its desire to build a monument for the city is necessary.
24Kiosk tries to fulfil all parameters without seeking any selfish or hedonistic detachment from the context.
24Kiosk fits into a series of pre-existing kiosks, avoiding the degradation of their essential nature but exalting it as a fundamental value.
24Kiosk is externally coated with 24-carat gold leaf. This gesture, absolute and irreversible, gives monumentality to a familiar architecture.
24Kiosk is a small building that consciously recalls the image of the surrounding artifacts; its shape has been optimized through the use of the golden ratio in the design of all its parts.

Competition
Date: 2015
Location: Chicago, North America
Size: 24mq
Contract value: 69.000 €
Program: Kiosk, multifunctional info point
Photography: casatibuonsante architects

Client: Chicago Architecture Biennial
Architect: casatibuonsante architects, with RBS group and fosbury architecture
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