Burnham Pavilions

Exhibit :

The iconic centerpieces of the Burnham Plan Centennial are two temporary architectural pavilions in Millennium Park. World-renowned architects Zaha Hadid (London) and Ben van Berkel (UNStudio, Amsterdam) designed these bold pavilions to echo the audacious future-looking images and words of the Burnham Plan: “What we as a people decide to do in the public interest we can and surely will bring to pass.”
 
The Burnham Pavilions will open to the public on June 19, 2009, when the Grant Park Symphony and Chorus simultaneously premieres a new work composed by Michael Torke called Plans that commemorates the words most often attributed to Daniel Burnham: “Make No Little Plans.” A full roster of Opening-Weekend Activities includes a Saturday-afternoon Architects' Symposium featuring Ben Van Berkel and principles from both pavilions at the Art Institute.
 
During bi-monthly on-site Talks With the Team throughout the summer, pavilion architects, builders, planners, lighting designers and media artists will give free tours and presentations.  Knowledgeable "Ask Me" Docents are on-site daily to answer questions about the structures, Daniel Burnham and the 1909 Plan of Chicago.
 
The pavilions will close on November 1, 2009, when they will be dismantled for re-use or recycling.