Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: “Sustainable Housing”
Navillus Woodworks: Fabrication, Installation
Design: Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
Photography: Tom Harris
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017
For the 2017 edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial Navillus was contracted to take on two of the more ambitious installations at the Chicago Cultural Center: Baukuh’s scale model of a chapel and 2 dozen plinths, along with lighting, in GAR Hall. Additionally, Navillus fabricated Tham & Videgaard’s model.
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021
Matri-Archi(tecture): Designer, Architect
Navillus Woodworks: Design Engineering, Fabrication, Installation
Female-owned African collective Martri-Archi(tecture) was invited to participate in the 2021 Chicago Architecture and proposed “Reflecting Our (Global) Southside.
Chicago Architecture Center: Loop As Lab
Could Be Design: Exhibition Design
Span: Graphic Design
Navillus Woodworks w/ zakrose: Fabrication, Installation
Location: Chicago, IL
Year Completed: 2024
Photos Courtesy of Could Be Design
This exhibition frames Chicago’s Loop as a “lab” for examining the shared challenges American downtowns face today. It prompts visitors’ reflection on their own experiences and aspirations and ventures design and policy solutions for reshaping downtowns and our relationship to them.
Chicago Works: Chris Bradley
Navillus assisted artist Chris Bradley with fabrication and finishing for selected pieces for his show “Chicago Works” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Dan Sullivan and Edra Soto: Scala
Dan Sullivan and Edra Soto: Design
Navillus Woodworks: Design-Engineering, Fabrication, Project Management
Goodfriend Magruder CMD: Structural Engineer
Methods & Materials: Installation
Illinois Capital Board: Procurement
Photography by Jeremy Bittermann
Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan were awarded a commission to provide a monumental public art piece located in the new CDIS building located on Chicago’s UIC campus. “Scala”, meaning ladder in latin, is nearly 40’x 40’ and comprised of 500 components of solid poplar.
Dickens Coat Tree
Dan Sullivan: Designed for Dock 6 Collection
Navillus Woodworks: Fabrication
Dickens Residence
Range Design and Architecture: Design
Navillus Woodworks: Fabrication, Installation, Project Management
Location: Chicago IL
Year Completed: 2016
Navillus provided millwork and renovation services for a single family home residence.
Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan: Domino Domino
Consisting of a modern-style handcrafted domino table and chairs, DominoDomino is a collaborative project between conceptual artist Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan, a furniture designer. Alluding to high-end design, Soto and Sullivan’s domino table is made from jatoba, an elegant hardwood, and inlaid with corian, an industrial surface material. The work serves as a stage for community and conversation building, as visitors are invited to try their hand at a game of dominoes. The repetition in the installation title plays on the various associations in Spanish of the word “domino”—one being power or domination—and underscores the immersive character of the work.
Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan: Remnants Restos: CTA Western Blue Line Plaza
Edra Soto, Dan Sullivan: Artists
Navillus Woodworks: Design Engineering, Molds Fabrication
Kerr Concrete: Concrete Casting, Polishing
Chicago Transit Authority: Installation
Goodfriend Magruder: Structural Engineering Consultation
Originally commissioned by CTA in 2014 to beautify the platform at the Western Blue Line Station, Soto and Sullivan presented 2 different proposals before settling on sculptural seating for the plaza on the southeast corner. The shapes directly relate to Soto’s Graft series.
