Conceptual Analysis

Conceptual Work:

To aid the design process, the architects Jeanne Gang and Bertrand Goldberg were broken down into five concepts given their works and underlying theories:

Goldberg:

Bertrand Goldberg was an American architect active from 1937 to the late eighties and specialized in innovative structural solutions to then complex problems in architecture. His greatest works include the Marina City complex, the Prentice Woman's Hospital and the Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. 

Conceptually, he believed:

-An architecture suffers at the demands of the client and the required functionality that their creation must require.

-Good architecture must therefore accommodate the paradigm shifts quintessential to the history of mankind and become a transcending landmark that is responsive throughout time.

-The immortality of an architect's work, its monumentalism, however, is an obstacle to the future of design as it ingrains a cultural discourse into contemporary society.

-Structure should demonstrate a rhythm between rectilinear and rectilinear form to delight the eyes of the observer and hence draw them closer to an interest in the building.

-Nature is in opposition to the quest of the architect. The tangibility of the architect's creation cannot be altered without being ruined but even the architect cannot escape time with their monuments. Instead, like the rest of humanity, they fall prey to the decay of antiquity within the passage of time.

Gang:

Jeanne Gang is a contemporary architect working mainly in the United States. Her most famous work is the Aqua tower which complements the Chicago skyline whilst giving the building itself an innate uniqueness through its curvilinear design. Gang was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow as recognition for her work in the SOS Children's village and the aforementioned Aqua tower.

Conceptually she defines that:

-Form and practicality are not opposing sentiments, rather they act in electroliquid amalgamation as adhesives to produce thrilling and beautiful form.

-The unusual can be emphasized to become beautiful.\

-The culture of a city should not be neglected but rather revived through contemporary architecture. It should respect the ideas already ingrained in an epoch whilst produce new notions and ideals to aid the future design process.

-Every building is a product. It comes with its own unique code of purposes and requirements for functionality, design, and capacity. As a result, a building should not be a duplication but rather an innovation from the society that required it.

-On an aside, Gang also represents a pioneer of female empowerment within architecture. She is breaking the mold of the stereotypical male lead architect as demonstrated by her design of the Aqua tower, the tallest building to have a woman as the lead architect.