Construction progress on the residential development at 5035 North Sheridan Road in Uptown now features lots of glass and brick on the exterior. Scaffolding along the structure’s Carmen Avenue façade is facilitating continued brickwork, as developer and general contractor DLG Management erects an eight-story plus basement, 77-unit apartment building here.
The Carmen, as it will be known henceforth, will include a single retail space at ground level, 39 parking spaces, and storage for one bicycle per unit. Designs were created by Jonathan Splitt Architects,
Looking north up Sheridan Road. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
The scaffolding faces south and Carmen Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking north from across Carmen Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking west on Carmen Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
When the project was introduced to the Chicago Plan Commision in August 2023, documents explained the geothermal qualities of the building this way: “This design includes a full vertical borehole geothermal system, located beneath the building. The 34 holes drilled to 500 feet deep exchange heat with the constant ground temperature through a closed piping network that reduces the heating and cooling load on the building by approximately 50%. The domestic hot water energy usage is expected to be reduced by as much as 75%.”
You can find out more about The Carmen, including floor plans and rental information, at this link from DLG Management.
From the alley. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
The front façade, facing west and Sheridan Road. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
5035 North Sheridan Road rendering via DLG Management
Site context, via Google Maps
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Tenants of 5035 North Sheridan will reside within one block of stops for the Route 151 CTA bus at Sheridan and Winona Street. One more block north, at Sheridan Road and Foster Avenue, are stops for Routes 92, 136, 146, 147, and 148. The Argyle Red Line platform is a four-block walk west on Argyle Street.
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Handsome af
Hanna… this is how you do brick details
The developers who work with Hanna don’t want to pay for details. It’s not a lack of creativity, it’s a lack of demand. And all of us who have ever lived in a relatively plain looking building in Chicago because we couldn’t or wouldn’t pay for something more are as guilty as anybody. I, for one, am over the bizarre fetish of demonizing this firm. It’s not like they’re pretending to be SOM.
My gripe with Hanna is the amount of good/average historical stuff that gets wiped for a worse copy-and-paste version.
The developer is 100% behind the dull, maximizing profit over aesthetics. This process ensures a healthier replacement of more economical housing options, but does anyone have any proper stats on whether the mediocre designs are giving price options fitting for the minimal aesthetics? If taking away old to deliver overpriced new, this doesn’t create a healthy balance. The only benefit, quite possibly, might be increased density.
Throw Hanna designs all over vacant lots—as many as they like, even. Chicago’s beauty was erased once during Urban Renewal for modernization. I don’t believe destroying beautiful architecture for worse simplified versions benefits the city. I just hope these new constructions come with a unit increase and lower previous rents. If not, I’m not sure the design downgrades are worth the long-term pains.
But Hanna isn’t wiping this stuff out. The developers are. You may have legit beefs with the city, the aldermen, the developers…but Hanna is just drawing out simple designs that meet what the developer wants. Do you blame the makers of the bricks too?
PS: In situations like this there is always some birdbrain who says, “Well, Nazi soldiers were just fulfilling orders…” and I want to preemptively call you an idiot.
At a time like this, comparing this situation to Nazis is a pretty gross comment.
The architects comply with the service they are being paid to perform. They are complicit in that they are ok with pumping out cheap designs at a fast rate because it grants them easier profits. More government just isn’t beneficial for affordability unless we are building institutionalized commie blocks.
Chicago’s bungalows are repetitive, but have class. SF’s Victorians are copied and pasted, but they show pride. This firm chooses to produce flat designs with no regard to local aesthetics. Even if going simple with material choices, some ways add interest without sacrificing the budget. But that requires skill… FLW was not a practical architect, but you have to give him credit; he had guts of vision.
Following Hanna’s discord, many locals across the city are unimpressed by their performance. I think it’s fair to criticize. And it’s not like my firm is adding to the mundane. I choose to work for someone who likes to push the limits of average, and we do quite well with affordable housing.
Nice job. Fits in with the surrounding area