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Aqua

2009 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

South Michigan Avenue, Loop, Jewelers Row, Chicago, Illinois, United States

8°C · 13.8h daylight · 23 km/h wind

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Aqua

Chicago, Illinois, United States · City-level coordinates only

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South Michigan Avenue, Loop, Jewelers Row, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Climate: 8°C · 13.8h daylight · 23 km/h wind

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Aqua

2009 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Renzo Piano Building WorkshopRenzo Piano Building Workshop

San Francisco, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2009Unrecorded
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United StatesSan Francisco, California, United States
Place contextSouth Michigan Avenue, Loop, Jewelers Row, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesRepresentative site: South Michigan Avenue, Loop, Jewelers Row, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Climate8°C · 13.8h daylight · 23 km/h wind8°C · 13.8h daylight · 23 km/h wind · via Art Institute of Chicago
FocusResidential tower52 works in corpus
Architects

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  • Renzo Piano
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Notable works

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Harvard Art Museums
  • High Museum of Art
  • NEMO (museum)
Typologies
  • residential tower
  • skyscraper
  • mixed-use
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • cultural
  • cultural center
  • infrastructures
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

Concrete and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass

Aluminum, Concrete, and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible27 of 27 recorded works are publicly accessible
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