Jeanne Gang is known for challenging the aesthetics and technical limits of ordinary building materials; her imagination can be seen at work on North Columbus Drive – in the oscillating concrete of the high-rise Aqua. The Chicago architect was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.
It was not so long ago that three young explorers embarked on a clandestine adventure to the summit of one of Chicago’s newest landmarks.In December of 2009 Aqua was still under construction.
