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Studio/Gang has announced its design for a unique 83 story tower with rippling edges and a two story podium with a green roof

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Chicago-based Studio/Gang/Architects has released its initial designs for Aqua, an 83-story residential and hotel tower just south of the Chicago River. The building will be located in the city's new 28-acre Lakeshore East Development, south of the Chicago River and east of the Loop.

Firm principal Jeanne Gang created rippling edges in the concrete-framed structure's facade by using a unique floor plate for each of its concrete slabs. The unit plans are conventional, comprising twelve variations enclosed by a glass thermal envelope.

Photo: David Seide/Defined Space

But the undulating exterior spaces, which Gang conceived as terraces rather than individual balconies, give each apartment and hotel unit its own outdoor space. Gang's team used a large-scale model in their studio to identify view corridors and help sculpt the design.

Loewenberg Architects is the architect of record for the $300 million project. The developers are Magellan Development Group and Near North Properties.

The 1.9-million square-foot building will be located a few hundred yards west of Santiago Calatrava's planned Fordham Tower, which received planning commission approval earlier this month. It will also contain a hotel, townhouses, a health club, conference facilities, and retail. Its two-story podium will be topped with a green roof.

Drawings for Aqua will soon be submitted for building permits, with completion expected in 2009. It will be Gang's largest project to date. Her most noted previous projects have been the Starlight Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, and the Chinese American Community Center in Chicago.

By Edward Keegan

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