1111 W. Addison's 4-story building's facade for "Movement", a bouldering gym, is composed of a 3-story brick folded "Ribbon" floating above a glass retail facade, infilled by a combination colored, texture brick panels and glass. The ribbon is pushed and pulled to create outdoor terraces with views to the iconic Wrigley Field Marquee, creating a defined entrance for the climbing gym, and helping step the facade down to the scale of the adjacent residential buildings.
The striated brick at the exterior, utilizing three distinct colors and textures, represents where the gym has climbing walls up against the exteriro walls. These fluted columns of brick were inspired by granite striations found in nature and often encountered by people who climb granite walls in the natural environment. The three-level gym was organized around a central atrium with floating stairs that allows the climbing walls and activities to be seen throughout the space. Clerestory windows, on all four sides of the atrium, bring natural light deep intot he space. The organization of the climbing walls create pathways and view corridors that reinforce the relationship between the climbing gym and Wrigley Field, focusing views on the iconic Wrigley Field Marquee.
