Description
The purpose of this project is to promote awareness of urban water tanks within the City of Chicago and to encourage their preservation either as artifacts, or through creative reuse.

The majority of water tanks in Chicago were erected as gravity tanks for fire-suppressant systems, some of which are still in use. However, with changing technologies many tanks have become redundant and are now disused. The ongoing survival of these tanks has a direct cost/benefit relationship to their utility to the property owner versus their financial and liability risks. While these tanks are private property they have long contributed to the urban flavor of Chicago and their disappearance is a civic injury suffered by all. This competition is an open inquiry into the question of how to balance public good and private property rights.

first place
Rahman Polk - Chicago, IL

second place
Eric R. Hoffman - St. Louis, MO

third place
Francine LeClercq - New York, NY

honorable mentions
Oliver Heckman, Hoon Cho, and Mike Null - Chicago, IL
Ross Perkins - Edinburgh, Scotland
Matthew Coates and Ruth Coates - Bainbridge Is., WA
Joyce Hwang and Milenko Ivanovic - Buffalo, NY
Michael Thompson - Chicago, IL
Lee Shradar and Stephanie Cameron - Portland, OR

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