Jeanne Gang

Jeanne Gang
Born	(1964-03-19) March 19, 1964[1] Belvidere, Illinois[2]
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	University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons, Writers Theatre, City Hyde Park, Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College, WMS Boathouse at Clark Park, Aqua, SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center, Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center, Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre (Rock Valley College)

Aqua Tower by George Showman

Jeanne Gang (born March 19, 1964) is an American architect and MacArthur Fellow.^[3] She leads Studio Gang Architects, an architecture and urban design firm based in Chicago and New York. Gang's projects include Aqua Tower,^[4][5] an 82-story mixed-use skyscraper; the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College;^[6] the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park and Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 on the Chicago River;^[7][8] and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo.^[9]

Biography

Gang is recognized as one of the most prominent architects of her generation.^[10] She is known for a design process that foregrounds the 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. Prior to establishing Studio Gang Architects 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 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]

Gang has taught architecture as the John Portman Design Critic and a visiting critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (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 in the twenty-first century.

Gang lectures frequently throughout the world. In 2016, she presented at the TEDWomen conference.^[21][22]

Work

Gang's built work in the Chicago area includes the University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons,^[23] Writers Theatre,^[24] City Hyde Park,^[25] the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park^[26] and Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571^[27] on the Chicago River, Northerly Island, Aqua Tower, the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo,^[28] the Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center,^[29] and the SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center,^[30] among others. In 2014, Gang and her Studio completed the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College.^[31] Current projects under construction include 40 Tenth Avenue^[32] in New York's Meatpacking District and Rescue Company 2^[33] for the New York City Fire Department, as well as Vista Tower^[34] and Solstice on the Park^[35] 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;^[36] high-rise towers in Toronto and Amsterdam; a unified campus for the California College of the Arts in San Francisco;^[37] the expansion and renovation of the Arkansas Arts Center;^[38] and the Center for Arts & Innovation at Spelman College.^[39]

Studio Gang's work has been honored, published, and exhibited widely. In 2017, the Studio was selected to design the National Building Museum's Summer Block Party installation^[40]; in 2012, the Studio was featured in the solo exhibition Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects at the Art Institute of Chicago;^[41] and in 2011, the Studio participated in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream.^[42] The Studio's work has also been shown at the Venice Biennale, the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the National Building Museum, and Design Miami.

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.

Projects

• California College of the Arts San Francisco Campus^[43]
• 160 Folsom Street tower, San Francisco^[44]
• Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History (to be completed 2020)^[45]
• Vista Tower (to be completed 2019)^[46]
• 40 Tenth Avenue (to be completed 2019)^[47]
• Rescue Company 2 (to be completed 2018)^[48]
• Solstice on the Park (to be completed 2018)^[49]
• University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons (completed 2016)^[50]
• Writers Theatre (completed 2016)^[51]
• City Hyde Park (completed 2016)^[52]
• Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 (completed 2016)^[53]
• Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College (completed 2014)^[54]
• WMS Boathouse at Clark Park (completed 2013)^[7]
• Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo (completed 2010)^[9]
• Aqua Tower (completed 2010)^[55][56]
• Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center (completed 2010)^[57]
• SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center (completed 2008)^[58]
• Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center (completed 2004)^[59]
• Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College (completed 2003)^[60]

Awards and honors

• Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award, Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 2017^[61]
• Fellowship, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2017^[62]
• Elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017^[63]
• Public Humanities Award, Illinois Humanities, 2017^[64]
• Architect of the Year, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Review, 2016^[65]
• Chicagoans of the Year, Chicago Tribune, 2016^[66]
• "Design 50," NewCity, 2016^[67]
• Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur, 2015^[68]
• Honorary Doctorate, Columbia College Chicago, 2014
• Honorary Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council, 2014
• New Generation Leader, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Record, 2014 ^[69]
• National Design Award for Architectural Design, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2013^[70]
• 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^[71]
• "Cultural Heroes," Time Out Chicago, 2008^[72]
• Iakov Chernikov Prize Nominee, 2008^[13]
• Academy Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2006^[73]
• 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]

Bibliography

• Reveal (2011), Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 978-1-56898-993-8
• Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago's Waterways (2011), ISBN 978-0-9840183-0-7
• Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects (2012), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-19118-9

Notes

External links

• Studio Gang official website
• Surface "Organic Growth"
• New Yorker "Urban Wild"
• Wall Street Journal "Jeanne Gang"
• New Yorker "Wave Effect"
• Metropolis Magazine "Jeanne Gang: The Art of Nesting"