Week 4 - Studio Exercise 3 & Research Exercise 2

     

Aqua Tower

Owner: Aqua Realty Holdings LLC

Designed by: Studio Gang Architects

Location: Chicago, llinois, U.S.A

Construction started: 2007

Completed: 2009

Architecture style: modern architecture

Height: 261.8m

Floor count: 82

Floor area: 184,936.0 m2

Images of Aqua Tower

 

Inspiration

The exterior of Aqua Tower was influenced by Gang's childhood experiences. “When I was younger I would travel a lot with my father,” she says. “I remember seeing these really interesting rock formations around Lake Michigan with the same kind of striated topography as the building’s balconies. From a distance they’re not so obvious, but up close they really give the building an organic, fluid feel. The outside of the building is like a vertical landscape.”

Limestone in The Great Lakes

Concept, analysis and details

Site Plan

Typical Floor Plan

Typical Floor Plan

Groud Floor

3rd Floor and Roof Garden

The Facade

Curves of the balcony

All 82 slab plans overlaid show transformation over the height of the tower.

Facade pattern

The design is the result of cumulative strategies and responses to specific conditions.

South Elevation/Section

Section

Stage 2

Blue - Public area
Purple - semi-private area
Red - Private area

Research Exercise 2

I like the style of this board, it  has a lot of information in different ways and has a  nice looking.

Drawing can be used in my presentation board as well, specially the hand drawing effects, i like it.

In this one, it shows the color of different area, clearly  give you the information about  private and public area.

Image reference

http://realestatejava.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/aqua_tower-5.jpg
http://api.ning.com/files/0*l2ZxVD0h2G0T-VkrK1VswoVFHcg7sesuc3C3P-rKztZ*hxG-Nba5UXzODMvPbSxjihOC5bGQAX7eYXjrkqVg__/AquaTower6.jpg
http://www.arqred.mx/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/1918_5_Aqua5.jpg
http://cdn.freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/aqua-tower-studio-gang-architects1589.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QS4Umh2yTvE/UaxARWNUDgI/AAAAAAAACIo/EqJgyONNXbM/s640/aqua+tower.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Aqua-chicago.jpeg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7883256384_aaf33b1e85_o.jpg
http://florenseusa.com/Uploads/files/1632012-174427_DSC_1035x.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2379/3532950408_c30f29b49e_o.jpg
http://plusmood.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ullswater-presentation-board.jpg
http://s3.amazonaws.com/europaconcorsi/project_images/3586785/FINALE_full.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d935c29597c8ce81d0eb076687e80a0/tumblr_mgy4etFYwm1ruxsr5o1_1280.jpg