The Dylan at 160 N. Morgan

OVERVIEW 

Located in Chicago's trendy Fulton Market District, The Dylan at 160 N. Morgan is a mixed-use residential building that offers 320 units, including studios and one bedrooms. Amenities include a fitness center, pool, business center, coworking space, dog run and spa, rooftop deck and firepits. The architectural design draws from the materiality of its formerly industrial context, featuring masonry, metal and glass. 

We provided structural design services for the 33-story building. The project features a retail and service space on the ground floor, parking on the second through fourth floors, interior and exterior amenity space on Levels 5 and 32, with residential units on the remaining floors. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

• The building structure consists of post-tensioned concrete slabs supported on concrete columns and walls. Lateral loads are resisted by shear walls arranged to provide the necessary stiffness to the building while meeting clearance and architectural requirements.
• As is common in the West Loop area, belled caissons were not recommended to support the structure based on the thin hardpan bearing layer, thus we worked with the geotechnical engineer to design straight shaft caissons to bedrock.
• The project features a distinctive pair of “V” columns used to transfer two columns from the residential floors to locations that worked better for the parking layout in the podium.