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Aqua Tower Chicago - Building

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

skyscraper building images : David Seide

Aqua Tower - Project Description

In an increasingly dense city like Chicago, views from a new skyscraper 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.

Aqua Tower Chicago 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 skyscraper 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.

Aqua Tower pictures : SGA

Aqua Tower Chicago images / information from Studio Gang Architects 080808

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