As a consultant for kids' exhibit design, I acted as a key player in bringing these exciting spaces to life. I worked hand-in-hand with a team of talented designers and architects, leveraging my expertise to ensure the project runs smoothly and delivers an engaging experience for Ing visitors.
Here's a breakdown of my key responsibilities:
Project Management: I was the central point of contact, overseeing the entire design program. This involves creating timeline and keeping everyone on the same page to ensure deadlines are met.
Technical Expertise: I collaborated closely with designers and architects, translating their creative vision into clear design documents. This might involve creating specifications for interactive elements, safety considerations for young users, and ensuring the design adheres to building codes and accessibility standards.
Communication and Facilitation: I acted as a communication bridge between designers, architects, and potentially other stakeholders involved in the project.
Problem-Solving: Throughout the design process, unexpected challenges may arise. I used my problem-solving skills to find creative solutions that maintain the project's vision while staying within budget and timeframe.

Gothic Garden: A Cathedral of Trees
A cathedral of trees rescues a dreary, urban back alley; converting into an uplifting 450 square foot Gothic Children’s Garden into a place of delight, inspiration, creativity, and sanctuary designed for children at play and prayer in the out-of-doors. Soaring arches, reaching up to embrace the sky, articulate a purposeful space that feels larger than its physical boundaries.
The alley is adorned with art-making, the fire stair becomes a performance hall, and lofty vaults create canopies of artful wind chimes. This endearing architecture with its tracery, arches, vaults, peek-a-boo quatrefoil cutouts, and modular grid establishes its functional importance as a landscape for reflection, seeing, storytelling, gardening, and exploration, while building upon the historic church’s gothic sensibilities and emotive beauty.
Architecture Is Fun completed the project on time, on budget, and lived up to their name – we had a lot of fun in the process.
~ Mary Ellen Christy, Headmistress
Making Room for Growth
With collections exceeding capacity and unanticipated citywide increase in juvenile population, the Evanston Public Library had little room to grow. This challenging renovation reconfigured and re-envisioned the formal library, transforming it into a literary children’s garden of delights.
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