“With its food, protection, and prospects for productive exchange, it’s no wonder that the tree canopy is an appealing dwelling place for so many species. For humans, though, it holds a special place in our imagination.”
In Up in the Canopy, Jeanne Gang describes the biological diversity and enigmatic experience of the treetops—and how architecture can learn from it.
Studio Gang: Architecture is now available for purchase at an independent bookstore near you, or online at Phaidon.
“After all, as we all know, to experiment is to take risks, to open oneself to the vagaries of the unknown and the unpredictable. A bit like cycling through the streets of Chicago perhaps? One thing’s for sure: without experimentation there is no discovery; and Jeanne Gang, who founded this New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Paris-based practice twenty years ago, has discovered a lot.”
In a short film illustrating recurring themes of pattern and rhythm in Studio Gang’s work, Jeanne Gang highlights one of the threads of inquiry explored in Studio Gang: Architecture, a new monograph published by Phaidon.