Talks with the Team - August

Talks with the Team is a series of free informal tours of, and talks about the Burnham Pavilions featuring the staff and professionals involved with the project. Learn directly from the insiders about the planning, design, construction, techniques, artistry and technology involved in making the Burnham Pavilions a reality. Each team member brings their own emphasis to the talk, and will share their unique perspective. August Team members include:
 
August 5:  Emily Harris and Chris Rockey
August 19: Donna Robertson, Marco Alvarez and Tracey Dear

Emily Harris is Executive Director of the Burnham Plan Centennial and with Julie Burros, Ed Uhlir and Joe Rosa led development of the pavilions from concept to completion. She helped to conceptualize how the pavilions fit into the Centennial celebration of Burnham's bold vision. Emily will serve as emcee for the evening to provide brief introductions to the three speakers.
 
Donna Robertson is Dean of the School of Architecture at IIT . Together with faculty members Dirk Dennison and Jonathan Miller, she brought Zaha's team into contact with IIT students and can talk about how their perspective and new design techniques stimulated dialog on campus.
 
Marco Alvarez is President of Fabric Images, the fabricator that completed the Zaha Hadid pavilion.
 
Tracey Dear is owner of Dear Productions and the lighting designer for both Burnham Pavilions.
 
Chris Rockey of Rockey Structures, LLC is the structural engineer for both pavilions.