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Aqua Tower Chicago, Architect, Photos, Design, Location, US, Date, Picture
New Chicago Skyscraper : Architecture Information
Key American Building by Studio Gang Architects

AQUA TOWER
Address: Chicago USA
Architect: Studio Gang Architects
Completion: Summer 2009

images : David Seide
Project Description:
In an increasingly dense city like Chicago, views from a new tower
must be negotiated between existing buildings. Aqua tower considers
criteria such as views, solar shading and function to derive a vertical
system of contours that gives the structure its sculptural form. Its
vertical topography is defined by its outdoor terraces that gradually
change in plan over the length of the tower.

picture : David Seide / SGA
These terraces offer a strong connection to the outdoors and allow
inhabitants to occupy the building façade and city simultaneously.
The result is a highly sculptural building when viewed obliquely that
transforms into a slender rectangle from further away. Its powerful
form suggests the limestone outcroppings and geologic forces that
shaped the great lakes region.

pictures : SGA
Aqua Tower Chicago images / text from Studio Gang Architects 080808
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