Studio Gang to Lead Winning Chicago O’Hare Airport Expansion
- 11:00 - 28 March, 2019
- by Eric Baldwin
O'Hare Global Terminal and Concourse. Image Courtesy of Studio ORD
Studio Gang has been selected to lead the $8.5 billon O'Hare 21 International Airport expansion in Chicago. Chosen from a list of firms including BIG, Calatrava and SOM, the Studio Gang team is part of the Studio ORD partnership. They won the project for the Global Terminal and Concourse with three volumes converging in a central hub. Designed to celebrate Chicago’s history as a city shaped by lines of movement, the project represents O’Hare’s first major overhaul in 25 years.
O'Hare Global Terminal and Concourse. Image Courtesy of Studio ORD
Studio ORD's winning proposal was made to establish a vibrant new neighborhood in the heart of O’Hare’s campus. The tripartite design merges terminal and concourse into a single building. At the branches’ confluence, an Oculus welcomes visitors under a six-pointed glass skylight. Beneath the Oculus, a Central Green was created with planters, trees and street furniture as a flexible space for diverse programming. Save this picture!
O'Hare Global Terminal and Concourse. Image Courtesy of Studio ORD
Surrounding the Oculus is a rhythmic, pleated roof of long-span steel trusses. Clad in wood and emphasizing the building’s curving form, the pleats are spaced and oriented to maximize natural daylight and energy efficiency. When seen from above, the building’s form takes on a distinctly Chicago icon: the city’s “Y symbol,” or Municipal Device, that represents the branching Chicago River. Save this picture!
O'Hare Global Terminal and Concourse. Image Courtesy of Studio ORD
The remaining four teams are in the running to design two new satellite concourses adjacent to Terminal 1. As the City of Chicago states, "In the coming months, a second team will be selected from the remaining four finalists to design two new satellite concourses to be built west of Terminal 1. This unprecedented expansion will elevate the travel experience for more than 83 million passengers relying upon O’Hare each year, and will create tens of thousands of jobs for the community. The expansion will be paid for by airport revenues, not taxpayer dollars." Save this picture!
O'Hare Global Terminal and Concourse. Image Courtesy of Studio ORD
"The City of Chicago called upon teams from across the city and around the world to lead O’Hare’s historic expansion, and Studio ORD answered that call," said Mayor Emanuel. "During this historic competition, the world’s best architecture firms submitted their incredible visions for the world to see—with each of these five world-class designs strengthening our plans to bring O’Hare into the 21st century. Today we congratulate Studio ORD who has proven they have the experience, expertise, and the talent needed to work with the City of Chicago as we usher in a new era at O’Hare."
The multi-phase O’Hare 21 project aims to break ground in 2023 with completion scheduled by 2026.
Above is from: https://www.archdaily.com/913991/studio-ord-wins-chicago-ohare-airport-expansion
Jeanne Gang
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Jeanne Gang
Born
(1964-03-19) March 19, 1964 (age 55)[1]
Nationality
American
Alma mater
University of Illinois (B.S., 1986), ETH: Swiss Federal University of Technical Studies, Zurich Urban Design Studies (Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, 1989), Harvard University Graduate School of Design (M.Arch., 1993)
Occupation
Architect
Awards
2017 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award (Philadelphia Center for Architecture), 2013 National Design Award (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum), 2011 MacArthur Fellow,
Buildings
Aqua, Vista Tower, WMS Boathouse at Clark Park
Aqua Tower
American architect Jeanne Gang (born March 19, 1964) is the founder and leader of Studio Gang (established in 1997), an architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Internationally renowned for the Aqua Tower,[3][4] Gang has recently completed projects such as Solstice on the Park,[5] Writers Theatre,[6] the University of Chicago Campus North Residential and Dining Commons, City Hyde Park, the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College,[7] and two boathouses on the Chicago River, the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park and Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571.[8][9] Her Aqua tower in Chicago is currently the tallest woman-designed building in the world, a distinction soon to be passed to the new Vista Tower, also of her design nearby.
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Biography[edit]
Gang is recognized as one of the most prominent architects of her generation[10] and is known for an interdisciplinary design process that foregrounds relationships between individuals, communities, and environments.[11] Raised in Belvidere, IL, Gang earned her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1986 and a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1993.[12] In 1989, she was an International Rotary Fellow and studied at the ETH Swiss Federal University of Technical Studies in Zurich, Switzerland. She also studied at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles -ENSAV-, in Versailles, France. Prior to establishing Studio Gang in 1997, she worked with OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam.[13][14]
A 2011 MacArthur Fellow,[15] Gang and her Studio were awarded the 2013 National Design Award for Architecture from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.[16] Gang was named the 2016 Woman Architect of the Year by the Architectural Review.[17] In 2017, she was honored with the Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award (Philadelphia Center for Architecture)[18] and Fellowship in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada[19] and was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[20] In 2018, she was elected an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), a lifetime honor.[21]
Currently a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Gang has also served as the John Portman Design Critic in Architecture and a visiting critic at the GSD (2017 and 2011), a visiting studio critic at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (2015), the Cullinan Visiting Professor at Rice University School of Architecture (2014), a visiting lecturer at the Princeton University School of Architecture (2007), the Louis I. Kahn Junior Visiting Professor at Yale University School of Architecture (2005), and a studio critic at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Her studios have explored how design can help create beneficial connections between people and their environments, with a focus on cities, ecologies materials and other technologies of the 21st century.
Gang lectures frequently throughout the world. In 2016, she presented at the TEDWomen conference.[22][23]
Work[edit]
Gang's built work in the Chicago area includes the University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons,[24] Writers Theatre,[25] City Hyde Park,[26] the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park[27] and Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571[28] on the Chicago River, Northerly Island, Aqua Tower, the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo,[29] the Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center,[30] and the SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center,[31] among others. In 2014, Gang and her Studio completed the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College.[32] Her current projects under construction include 40 Tenth Avenue[33] in New York's Meatpacking District and Rescue Company 2[34] for the New York City Fire Department, as well as Vista Tower[35] and Solstice on the Park[36] in Chicago. Her Studio is currently engaged in projects such as the Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History; a new United States Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil;[37] high-rise towers in Toronto and Amsterdam; a unified campus for California College of the Arts in San Francisco;[38] the expansion and renovation of the Arkansas Arts Center;[39] and the Center for Arts & Innovation at Spelman College.[40]
Studio Gang's work has been honored, published, and exhibited widely. In 2018, the Studio presented the installation Stone Stories as part of the United States Pavilion exhibition Dimensions of Citizenship at the Venice Architecture Biennale; in 2017, the Studio was selected to design the National Building Museum's Summer Block Party installation;[41] in 2012, the Studio was featured in the solo exhibition Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects at the Art Institute of Chicago;[42] and in 2011, the Studio participated in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream.[43] The Studio's work has also been shown at the Chicago Architecture Biennial (2015 and 2017) and Design Miami (2014).
Gang has authored two books—Reveal (2011), the first publication on the Studio's work and process, and Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago's Waterways (2011), which imagines a greener future for the Chicago River. She co-edited the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition catalogue Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects in 2012.
In 2018, Gang unveiled designs for the Arkansas Art Center, a $70 million art museum and nature conservatory in Little Rock, Arkansas. The project has been described as a "museum in a forest." [44]
On March 27, 2019, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the design team led by Ms. Gang, Studio ORD, had been selected as the winner of an international design competition for the new $2.2 billion Global Terminal at O'Hare International Airport. The project is scheduled to begin in 2023.[45]
Projects[edit]
- California College of the Arts San Francisco Campus[46]
- MIRA, San Francisco[47]
- Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History (to be completed 2020)[48]
- Vista Tower (to be completed 2019)[49]
- 40 Tenth Avenue (to be completed 2019)[33]
- Rescue Company 2 (to be completed 2018)[50]
- Solstice on the Park (completed 2018)[36]
- University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons (completed 2016)[24]
- Writers Theatre (completed 2016)[25]
- City Hyde Park (completed 2016)[26]
- Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 (completed 2016)[28]
- Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College (completed 2014)[51]
- WMS Boathouse at Clark Park (completed 2013)[8]
- Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo (completed 2010)[52]
- Aqua Tower (completed 2010)[53][54]
- Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center (completed 2010)[30]
- SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center (completed 2008)[55]
- Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center (completed 2004)[56]
- Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College (completed 2003)[57]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Winner of the Marcus Prize for Architecture presented by Univ of WI and the Marcus Corp. Foundation, 2017[58]
- Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 2017[18]
- Fellowship, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2017[59]
- Elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017[20]
- Public Humanities Award, Illinois Humanities, 2017[60]
- Architect of the Year, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Review, 2016[61]
- Chicagoans of the Year, Chicago Tribune, 2016[62]
- "Design 50," NewCity, 2016[63]
- Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur, 2015[64]
- Honorary Doctorate, Columbia College Chicago, 2014
- Honorary Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council, 2014
- New Generation Leader, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Record, 2014 [65]
- National Design Award for Architectural Design, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2013[66]
- Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal, University of Chicago, 2013
- Honorary Doctorate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013
- Elected into the National Academy of Design, 2012
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, 2011
- Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 2009[67]
- "Cultural Heroes," Time Out Chicago, 2008[68]
- Iakov Chernikov Prize Nominee, 2008[13]
- Academy Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2006[69]
- Emerging Voices Award, Architecture League of New York, 2006[13]
- Rave Award Nominee, Wired Magazine, 2004[13]
- Chicagoans of the Year, Chicago Tribune, 2004[13]
- Design Vanguard, Architectural Record, 2001[13]
