Studio Gang Explained

Studio Gang
Architects:Jeanne Gang
City:Chicago, Illinois New York, New York San Francisco, California Paris, France

Studio Gang is an American architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Paris.[1] Founded and led by architect Jeanne Gang, the Studio is known for its material research and experimentation, collaboration across a wide range of disciplines, and focus on sustainability.[2] The firm's works range in scale and typology from the 82-story mixed-use Aqua Tower to the 10,000-square-foot Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College to the 14-acre Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. Studio Gang has won numerous awards for design excellence, including the 2016 Architizer A+ Firm of the Year Award and the 2013 National Design Award for Architecture from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as various awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and AIA Chicago.

Background

The firm was founded by Jeanne Gang in 1997.[3]

One of the Studio's first built works, the Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre, was completed in 2003, and won praise from critics;[4] the Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center, finished the following year, garnered the firm additional accolades.[5] [6] Aqua Tower and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, both completed in 2010, significantly increased the Studio global profile, winning acclaim from architecture critics.[7] [8]

The Studio has played a significant role in reshaping urban landscapes with a focus on ecological restoration and environmental stewardship. Projects include the revitalization of Tom Lee Park in Memphis that reconnects people to the long-neglected riverfront;[9] two boathouses on the Chicago River that opened up access to the river's edge;[10] and the transformation of a former Chicago airfield, Northerly Island, into a public lakefront park and biodiverse habitat.[11]

In 2023, the Studio completed several major cultural and educational projects, including the reimagination of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, an adaptive reuse project, which was praised as a "new architectural landmark", and the Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at The American Museum of Natural History in New York, described by the New York Times "a poetic, joyful, theatrical work of public architecture and a highly sophisticated flight of sculptural fantasy".[12] [13]

The Studio employs more than 140 people as of December 2023.[14]

Notable works

Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History

See main article: American Museum of Natural History.

The $465 million Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation opened in May 2023. The 230,000-square-foot addition includes six floors above ground, and one below. The Gilder Center welcomes visitors with a new, accessible entrance on Columbus Avenue that connects to central five-story atrium and creates more than 30 connections to the existing museum.[15] The atrium's architecture is informed by natural form-making processes such as the movement of wind and water that shape geological landscapes.[16] To achieve the continuous visual form, the atrium is constructed with shotcrete. The curvilinear façade contrasts with the earlier High Victorian Gothic, Richardson Romanesque and Beaux Arts structures, but its Milford Pink granite cladding is the same stone used on the Museum's west side.

St. Regis Chicago

See main article: St. Regis Chicago.

The St. Regis Chicago, formerly Wanda Vista Tower, is a 101-story, 1,198 ft (365 m) supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. Construction started in August 2016, and was completed in 2020. Upon completion it became the city's third-tallest building at 1,198 ft (365 m), surpassing the Aon Center. It is the tallest structure in the world designed by a woman, and forms a part of the Lakeshore East development and overlooks the Chicago River near Lake Michigan. The building comprises three interconnected volumes of different heights. Truncated pyramids called "frustums" are stacked in an alternating sequence, right-side-up and upside-down, lending the design its flowing rhythm. The towers have 6 different shades of glass. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin praised the tower as "a stirring work of skyline artistry...as if the waters of Lake Michigan had burst upward and transformed themselves into fluid, undulating tiers of glass."[17] The tower has a notably smaller footprint than other supertalls in Chicago with a building height-to-core aspect ratio of 40-to-1.

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

See main article: Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

The redevelopment of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) involved a comprehensive transformation of the existing building and grounds, resulting in a 133,000-square-foot facility. Studio Gang's design reused and restored as many of the existing structures as possible, which spanned multiple eras and architectural styles dating back to 1937. The Studio's design introduced a distinctive central addition that unites the entire complex, and "blossoms" out at the north and south ends to create new entrances and social spaces for the community. The design provides a renewed identity for AMFA, while also establishing visual and physical connections to the surrounding park and the neighborhoods beyond.[18]

Selected projects

Education and research

ProjectLocationStatusYear
The University of Chicago Center in Paris Paris, FranceUnder Construction2022[19]
Kresge College Residential Buildings Santa Cruz, CACompleted2023[20]
Kresge College Academic Center Santa Cruz, CACompleted2023[21]
Beloit College Powerhouse Beloit, WICompleted2020[22]
University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons Chicago, ILCompleted2016[23]
Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MICompleted2014[24]
Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center Chicago, ILCompleted2010[25]
One Milestone West Boston, MAUnder Construction2023[26]
David Rubenstein Treehouse Boston, MAUnder Construction2023
Spelman College Center for Innovation & the Arts Atlanta, GAUnder Construction2024[27]
California College of the Arts San Francisco, CAUnder Construction 2023[28]

Nature, culture, and community

ProjectLocationStatusYear
Rescue Company 2 (New York City Fire Department) New York, NYCompleted2019[29]
Northerly Island Chicago, ILOngoing2017[30]
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History New York, NYCompleted2023[31]
Civic Commons United StatesCompleted2016[32]
Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 Chicago, ILCompleted2016[33]
National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan Baltimore, MDDesign concept completed2016[34]
Writers Theatre Glencoe, ILCompleted2016[35]
PAHC Studio Chicago, ILCompleted2014[36]
WMS Boathouse at Clark Park Chicago, ILCompleted2013[37]
The Conservation Center Chicago, ILCompleted2012[38]
Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Pop Music Center KaohsiungCompetition design completed2011[39]
Blue Wall Center Greenville, SCDesign concept completed2010[40]
Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, ILCompleted2010[41]
Taipei Pop Music Center TaipeiCompetition design completed2010[42]
Ford Calumet Environmental Center Calumet City, ILDesign concept completed2008[43]
SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center Chicago, ILCompleted2008[44]
HafenCity Chicago Square HamburgDesign concept completed2006
Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center Chicago, ILCompleted2004[45]
Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College Rockford, ILCompleted2003[46]
Tom Lee Park Memphis, TNCompleted2023[47]
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Little Rock, ARCompleted2023
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Garrison, NYIn design2023[48]

Towers

ProjectLocationStatusYear
One Delisle Toronto, ONPre-construction2026[49]
St. Regis Chicago Chicago, ILCompleted2022[50]
11 Hoyt New York, NYCompleted2021[51]
One Hundred St. Louis, MOCompleted2020[52]
Solar Carve (40 Tenth Avenue) New York, NYCompleted2019[53]
Solstice on the Park Chicago, ILCompleted2018[54]
MIRA San Francisco, CACompleted2017[55]
City Hyde Park Chicago, ILCompleted2016[56]
Shoreland Chicago, ILCompleted2014[57]
Recombinant House (Garden in the Machine) Cicero, ILDesign concept completed2012[58]
Aqua Tower Chicago, ILCompleted2010[59]
Vancouver Pair Vancouver, BCDesign concept completed2010[60]
Hyderabad O2 HyderabadDesign concept completed2008[61]
HafenCity Crane Tower HamburgDesign concept completed2006[62]
Zhong Bang Village ShanghaiCompetition design completed2003[63]
Q Residences AmsterdamCompleted2022[64]

Exhibitions

ProjectLocationStatusYear
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Little Rock, ARCompleted2023[65]
Dimensions of Discovery: Environments for Learning Paris, FranceCompleted2023[66]
Studio Gang Mock-Ups Chicago, ILCompleted2022[67]
Good News: Women in Architecture Rome, ItalyCompleted2021[68]
A Different Future in the Making Chicago, ILCompleted2020[69]
Baleinopolis: The Secret Societies of Cetaceans Paris, FranceCompleted2019[70]
Stage Buoys Chicago, ILCompleted2017[71]
Hive Washington, D.C.Completed2017[72]
Working in America Chicago, ILCompleted2016[73]
Thinning Ice at Design Miami Miami, FLCompleted2014[74]
Changes of Phase for Thodos Dance Chicago Chicago, ILCompleted2014[75]
EXPO Chicago Chicago, ILCompleted2012  - 2014[76]
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects at the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, ILCompleted2012  - 2013[77]
Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream at the Museum of Modern Art New York, NYCompleted2012[78]
Baseball in the City at the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, ILCompleted2004[79]
Marble Curtain at the National Building Museum Washington, D.C.Completed2003[80]

Planning

ProjectLocationStatusYear
Enterprise Research Campus Plan Boston, MACompleted2022[81]
Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CACompleted2019
Neighborhood Activation to Increase Public Safety through Community-Empowered Design and Planning Chicago, ILCompleted2021[82]
River Edge Ideas Lab Chicago, ILCompleted2017[83]
Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Neighborhood Activation Study New York, NYCompleted 2018[84]
Memphis Riverfront Concept Memphis, TNCompleted2017[85]
Neighborhood Schools Reuse Concept Memphis, TNCompleted2018[86]
Port District Planning Study Milwaukee, WICompleted2015
Civic Commons Philadelphia Philadelphia, PACompleted2016[87]

Selected awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Studio Gang. studiogang.com.
  2. Jeanne Gang in the Wild . The New Yorker . 2014-05-12 . 2023-10-16.
  3. Web site: Studio Gang – About. studiogang.com. en. 2017-06-05.
  4. News: Rockford, Racine projects show promise for Chicago designers. . August 21, 2021. Chicago Tribune. en-US. 2024-07-22.
  5. Web site: AIA Chicago 2004 Design Excellence Awards. dea.aiachicago.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131614/http://dea.aiachicago.org/2004/winner.asp?regID=20. 2016-03-04. dead. 2019-03-18.
  6. Web site: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence, 3rd Place: Studio Gang Architects, for Chinese American Service League's Kam L. Liu Building . The Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards . en-us. 2019-03-18.
  7. Wave Effect . The New Yorker . 2010-01-25 . 2023-10-16.
  8. Web site: From the tallest tower to a vibrant urban park, the best architecture of 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161017182358/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2010/12/from-the-tallest-tower-to-a-local-park-the-best-architecture-of-2010-.html. 2016-10-17.
  9. Web site: Waddoups . Ryan . 2023-11-07 . A Memphis Riverfront Park Turns the Page on Its Fraught Past . 2024-01-10 . SURFACE . en-US.
  10. News: WMS Boathouse at Clark Park. www.architecturalrecord.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  11. Web site: Messner . Matthew . 2016-11-14 . Studio Gang rethinks the shape of urban waterfronts . 2024-01-10 . The Architect's Newspaper . en-US.
  12. Web site: Waddoups . Ryan . 2023-04-25 . Studio Gang Creatively Overhauls a Little Rock Museum . 2024-01-10 . SURFACE . en-US.
  13. News: Kimmelman . Michael . Fisher . Peter . 2023-04-25 . Wonder and Awe in Natural History's New Wing. Butterflies, Too. . 2023-12-20 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  14. Web site: Studio Gang – People. studiogang.com. en. 2023-12-18.
  15. Web site: gazettebeckycoleman . 2023-09-15 . Architect Jeanne Gang on soaring Gilder Center design . 2024-01-11 . Harvard Gazette . en-US.
  16. Web site: Pei-Ru Keh . 2023-04-30 . Studio Gang's Richard Gilder Center brings organic tactility to New York City . 2024-01-11 . wallpaper.com . en.
  17. Web site: 2020-11-23 . Column: An exclusive look at Jeanne Gang's Vista Tower, now Chicago's third-tallest building . 2024-01-11 . Chicago Tribune.
  18. Web site: 2023-04-24 . Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts / Studio Gang . 2023-12-20 . ArchDaily . en-US.
  19. Web site: UChicago to build expanded Center in Paris designed by Studio Gang University of Chicago News. 6 January 2019 .
  20. Web site: Studio Gang Completes a Quartet of New Buildings in a Revamp of Kresge College at UC Santa Cruz Architectural Record . 2023-12-13 . www.architecturalrecord.com . en.
  21. Web site: 2023-12-13 . Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest . 2023-12-13 . Dezeen . en.
  22. Web site: Beloit College Powerhouse. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  23. Web site: University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  24. Web site: Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  25. Web site: Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  26. Web site: Roche . Daniel . 2023-11-06 . Work is underway on the Enterprise Research Campus in Boston . 2024-01-10 . The Architect's Newspaper . en-US.
  27. News: Stirgus . Eric . Spelman begins building of $86 million center for arts and innovation . 2024-01-10 . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . English . 1539-7459.
  28. Web site: Sparking collaboration: A conversation with Jeanne Gang . 2024-01-10 . CCA . en-US.
  29. Web site: Rescue Company 2. studiogang.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  30. Web site: Northerly Island. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  31. Web site: American Museum of Natural History Gilder Center. studiogang.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  32. Web site: Civic Commons. studiogang.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  33. Web site: Eleanor Boathouse at Park 751. studiogang.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  34. Web site: National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  35. Web site: Writers Theatre. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  36. Web site: PAHC Studio. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  37. Web site: WMS Boathouse at Clark Park. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  38. Web site: The Conservation Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  39. Web site: Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Pop Music Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  40. Web site: Blue Wall Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  41. Web site: Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  42. Web site: Taipei Pop Music Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  43. Web site: Ford Calumet Environmental Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  44. Web site: SOS Children. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  45. Web site: Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  46. Web site: Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  47. Web site: Memphis River Parks Partnership . 2024-01-10 . Memphis River Parks Partnership . en-US.
  48. Web site: WALLPAPER: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival design by Studio Gang revealed – HVSF . 2024-01-10 . hvshakespeare.org.
  49. Web site: One Delisle. studiogang.com.
  50. Web site: Vista Tower. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  51. Web site: 11 Hoyt. studiogang.com. en.
  52. Web site: One Hundred. studiogang.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  53. Web site: 40 Tenth Avenue. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  54. Web site: Solstice on the Park. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  55. Web site: MIRA. studiogang.com. en. 2019-09-03.
  56. Web site: City Hyde Park. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  57. Web site: Shoreland. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  58. Web site: Garden in the Machine. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  59. Web site: Aqua Tower. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  60. Web site: Vancouver Pair. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  61. Web site: Hyderabad O2. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  62. Web site: HafenCity Crane Tower / Studio Gang - eVolo Architecture Magazine. en-US. 2019-03-18.
  63. Web site: Zhong Bang Village. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  64. Web site: 2022-12-16 . Studio Gang unveils its first European buildings in Amsterdam . 2024-01-10 . Dezeen . en.
  65. Web site: Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts – Studio Gang . 2024-08-26 . Studio Gang.
  66. Web site: Dubroca . Christian . 2023-07-28 . Dimensions de la découverte : environnements d'apprentissage . 2023-12-13 . galerie — archilib . fr-FR.
  67. Web site: Studio Gang Mock-Ups . 2023-12-20 . Studio Gang Mock-Ups.
  68. Web site: 2022-01-14 . Maxxi Museum Celebrates Female Architects Through "Good News. Women in Architecture" Exhibition . 2023-12-20 . ArchDaily . en-US.
  69. Web site: 2021-12-13 . studio gang debuts new gallery featuring blue tin production and a broader abolitionist movement. – DesignApplause . 2023-12-20 . en-US.
  70. Web site: FÖRMA . BALEINOPOLIS- Aquarium Tropical, Palais de la Porte Dorée . 2023-12-20 . FÖRMA PRODUCTIONS . fr.
  71. Web site: 2017-09-13 . Chicago Architecture Biennial: Nick Cave and Studio Gang team up at Navy Pier with Stage Buoys and Soundsuits Newcity Design . 2023-12-20 . en-US.
  72. Web site: 2017-07-10 . Studio Gang's stacked-tube Hive installation opens at Washington DC's National Building Museum . 2023-12-20 . Dezeen . en.
  73. Web site: Working in America. studiogang.com. en. 2017-05-30.
  74. Web site: Thinning Ice. studiogang.com. en. 2019-03-18.
  75. Web site: Studio Gang Architects Changes of Phase. 2014. studiogang.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912070723/http://studiogang.net/work/2014/changes-of-phase. 2015-09-12. dead. 2019-03-18.
  76. Web site: Studio Gang Architects EXPO Chicago. 2012. studiogang.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20150507130945/http://studiogang.net/work/2012/expo-chicago. 2015-05-07. dead. 2019-03-18.
  77. Web site: Studio Gang Architects Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects. 2013. studiogang.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912133808/http://studiogang.net/work/2012/building-exhibition-art-institute-chicago. 2015-09-12. dead. 2019-03-18.
  78. Web site: Studio Gang Architects Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream. 2012. studiogang.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20150913074210/http://studiogang.net/work/2012/moma-foreclosed-rehousing-the-american-dream. 2015-09-13. dead. 2019-03-18.
  79. Web site: Studio Gang Architects Baseball in the City. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912214814/http://studiogang.net/work/2004/baseball-in-the-city. 2015-09-12. dead. 2019-03-18.
  80. Web site: Studio Gang Architects Marble Curtain. studiogang.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912210819/http://studiogang.net/work/2002/marble-curtain-national-building-museum. 2015-09-12. dead. 2019-03-18.
  81. Web site: gazetteterrymurphy . 2019-12-19 . Tishman Speyer to develop first phase of Enterprise Research Campus . 2024-01-10 . Harvard Gazette . en-US.
  82. Web site: 2021-12-10 . A Neighborhood Rink in the (Co)Making . 2024-01-10 . City Bureau . en-US.
  83. Web site: 2017-09-18 . River Edge Ideas Lab . 2024-01-10 . McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum . en-US.
  84. Web site: Neighborhood Activation Study – NYC – Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice . 2024-01-10 . criminaljustice.cityofnewyork.us.
  85. Web site: Park History . 2024-01-10 . Tom Lee Park . en-US.
  86. Web site: Neighborhood Schools Reuse Concept .
  87. Web site: 2016-09-27 . Studio Gang Creates 7 Strategies to Reimagine Civic Spaces As Vibrant Urban Hubs . 2024-01-10 . ArchDaily . en-US.
  88. Web site: 2023 AIANY Design Awards . AIA New York . 2024-08-26.
  89. Web site: Regional Holcim Awards 2011 North America. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111026025525/http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T1379/North_America.htm. 2011-10-26.
  90. Web site: Distinguished Building Honor Award. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120928020613/http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2011DEA/awards.asp?appId=183. 2012-09-28.
  91. Web site: A skyscraper for the birds: Aqua gets an award from animal rights group. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090923142047/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/09/a-skyscraper-for-the-birds-aqua-gets-an-award-from-animal-rights-group-.html. 2009-09-23.
  92. Web site: Emporis Skyscraper Award 2009. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124074928/http://www.emporis.com/awards/2009. 2012-01-24.
  93. Web site: March 23rd Deadline for Submissions for Emerging Visions Award . ArchitectureChicago PLUS . 2007-03-05 . 2023-10-17.
  94. Web site: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence, 3rd Place: Studio Gang Architects, for Chinese American Service League's Kam L. Liu Building. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226031301/http://www.lisc-cnda.org/Past-winners/11th-Annual-CNDA-Winners-2005/Richard-H-Driehaus-Foundation-Award-for-Architectural-Excellence-3rd-Place-Studio-Gang-Architects-for-Chinese-American-Service-Leagues-Kam-L-Liu-Building.html. 2015-02-26.

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