Chicagoans are passionate about their city, the beautiful Lake Michigan, and even their highway - the famous Lake Shore Drive. Grand Lattices seeks to intensify the experience of Lake Shore Drive by providing pedestrians access points to viewing decks above Lake Shore Drive - offering new vantages that bridges the Lake and the City.

The north- and south-bound lanes of Lake Shore Drive often split, creating an in-between space that is open to above. This in-between space is the opportunity that gives pedestrians a vertical access point above Lake Shore Drive by inserting a lattice structure above. For the first time, the pedestrian can enjoy views between the lake and city above Lake Shore Drive.

Each underpass along Lake Shore Drive is marked with a unique and singular form as a viewing deck, serving as a landmark and icon to access the waterfront. From many blocks away, the lattice structure at each underpass serves as a signal that the lakefront is just beyond.

Chicago is known for its post-and-beam, steel-frame construction which provides the bones for all of the magnificent buildings in the city. The open-lattice viewing deck structures take on the fundamental, bare bones of steel-frame construction without the need of a facade. As seen from Lake Shore Drive, the lattice structures serve as successive landmarks for the underpasses below.