Referencing the Sleater Kinney album of the same name, <i>The Center Won’t Hold</i> by Neeraj Bhatia and Cesar Lopez of architecture practice Open Workshop is built to serve as a community gathering space and a speculative vision for resource sharing and skill building. Installed on the site of the Overton Incubator, a historic Perkins and Will–designed brick building and the former home of one of 50 Chicago Public Schools closed in 2013, the timber structure was fabricated by trainees at the nonprofit organization Revolution Workshop. Moving fabric curtains made of construction debris signify how common spaces can evolve with shifting community needs. Photo 5 of 10 in How One Community-Minded Designer Is Tapping the Potential of Chicago’s Vacant Lots

How One Community-Minded Designer Is Tapping the Potential of Chicago’s Vacant Lots

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Referencing the Sleater Kinney album of the same name, The Center Won’t Hold by Neeraj Bhatia and Cesar Lopez of architecture practice Open Workshop is built to serve as a community gathering space and a speculative vision for resource sharing and skill building. Installed on the site of the Overton Incubator, a historic Perkins and Will–designed brick building and the former home of one of 50 Chicago Public Schools closed in 2013, the timber structure was fabricated by trainees at the nonprofit organization Revolution Workshop. Moving fabric curtains made of construction debris signify how common spaces can evolve with shifting community needs.