STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS

Profile of STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS

Business Name

STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS

Location

United States

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.studiogang.net

[L-R] Mark Schendel and Jeanne Gang

Principal(s)

Jeanne Gang (born 1964)

• Master of Architecture with Distinction, AIA Certificate of Merit, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA, 1993
• Urban Design Studies, International Rotary Fellow, ETH : Swiss Federal University of Technical Studies, Zurich, Switzerland, 1989
• Bachelor of Science in Architecture, with Honors, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, USA, 1986

Mark Schendel (born 1959)

• Master of Architecture II, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, 1989
• The Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Foundation Fellow, 1987
• Master of Architecture with Honors, AIA Medal, The Ohio State University School of Architecture, Columbus
• Bachelor of Science in Pure Mathematics, Florida State University Department of Mathematics, Tallahassee, 1983
• Bachelor of Science in Architecture with Honors, Florida A&M University School of Architecture, Tallahassee, 1982

Philosophy

Studio Gang practices architecture as a highly responsive and creative medium. The work of the firm is noted for its innovation and has been published and exhibited widely, gaining recognition on a national and international level. SGA is able to address many different project types with a working method +that thoroughly investigates criteria and precedent as a basis for generating fresh ideas. With a wide range of projects and diverse clients including universities, government agencies, institutions and private clients, SGA has developed a design approach that is tailored to the needs and aspirations of each project. The firm maintains a strong conceptual framework in all of its endeavors - from small intricate museum exhibits to large mixed-use developments - with experience and commitment to sustainable design.

Background

• Founded: 1997
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 25

Key projects

• AQUA TOWER, Chicago, USA, estimated completion 2009, mixed-use 82-story tower
• SOLSTICE ON THE PARK, Chicago, USA, estimated completion 2010, 25-story residential structure with its south face shaped by solar access. Aims for LEED silver.
• FORD CALUMET ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, Chicago, USA, estimated completion 2009, 27,000 sf learning center includes classrooms, exhibition areas, an au¬ditorium, labs and offices. Aims for LEED platinum.
• SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES, Chicago, USA, 2007, 15,000 sf community center combines services for foster care families and neighborhood families in one building.
• BENGT SJOSTROM STARLIGHT THEATRE, Rockford, Illinois, USA, 2003, 1200-seat Rock Valley College theatre includes a kinetic roof with six petal-like leaves that open in fair weather.
• CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE KAM LIU BUILDING, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2004, 38,000 sf community center is organized to maximize inter-generational contact, and provides social services to the Chinese American community.
• HOBOKEN SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, estimated completion 2008, an island memorial constructed from wood piles driven into the Hudson River bed is designed to honor Hoboken residents who perished in the World Trade Center disaster on September 11, 2001 and offer a space for contemplation.
• MARBLE CURTAIN, MASONRY VARIATIONS EXHIBIT, Washington, D.C., USA, 2003, the project was an exploration about the tensile capacity of stone resulting in a translucent marble curtain, 3/8" thick, 18' tall, 620 pieces, and a mere 1500 lbs in tension, hangs from stone to stone, without any skeletal support or frame.
• WALLED GARDEN, Chicago, USA, 2007, single wythe brick screen garden wall forming an extension to the living space beyond.
• ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY BILOXI PINECONE HOUSE, Biloxi, USA, estimated completion 2008, single-family home designed to be built of pre-fabricated parts utilizing locally available construction knowledge and materials.

Key publications

• Young Architects Americas, Erin Cullerton (author), DAAB (publisher), March 2007
• Details in Contemporary Architecture, Christine Killory (author), As Built/Princeton Architectural Press (publisher), January 2007
• "Made for Shade," Wired Magazine, August 2007
• "High Definition," Azure Magazine, June 2007
• "Green with Envy: Sustainable Architecture in Chicago," i4design, awards issue 2006
• "Green Chicago Ford Calumet Environmental Center," Metropolis, July 2004
• "Studio Gang Projects," a+t Nueva Materialidad, autumn 2004
• "Transcending Type: Six Architects in the Vanguard of Contemporary Design/Architectural Record at La Biennale di Venezia," Architectural Record, 2004
• "Studio Gang Architects Wins Contest to Build Environmental Center In Chicago," Architectural Record, 2004
• "Project Portfolio: Design Vanguard 2001/Studio Gang/O'Donnell Finds its Own Niche, After Working for OMA and SOM," Architectural Record 2001
• "Visionary Architect Fuses Imagination, Common Sense," San Francisco Chronicle, October 10, 2006
• "Tools of Imagination," The Washington Post, March 2005

Key awards

• 2004 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects Chicago, Chicago, USA project: Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre
• 2004 Citation of Merit, American Institute of Architects Chicago, Chicago, USA project: Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Building
• 2004 Special Recognition Award, American Institute of Architects, Chicago, Chicago, USA project: Marble Curtain
• 2004 International Prism Award, International Marble Institute, Washington, D.C. project: Marble Curtain
• 2005 Merit Award, United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Syracuse, New York, USA project: Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre
• 2005 Richard H. Driehaus Neighborhood Development Award, Driehaus Foundation, Chicago, USA project: Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Building
• 2003 Gold Medal/ President's Award, Association of Licensed Architects, Barrington, Illinois, USA project: Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre
• 2003 Award of Honor, Society of American Registered Architects project: Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre
• 2004 Metal Construction Association Scholarship Prize/Best Overall Design Award, Glenview, Illinois, USA project: Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre
• 2004 Best of 2004-Institutional, Midwest Construction Magazine, Chicago, USA project: Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Building