2024-05-03T12:27:08-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150352422/studio-gang-to-design-new-sustainability-commons-at-stanford Josh Niland 2023-06-06T16:50:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/42/421a6fbe5ed26939c5a6634133fbe667.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new project led by <a href="https://archinect.com/studiogang" target="_blank">Studio Gang</a> will deliver <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/17258579/stanford-university" target="_blank">Stanford University</a> a home for the recently-established Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, called Stanford Sustainability Commons, at a site located on the western half of the school&rsquo;s Palo Alto, California campus.</p> <p>New York-based practices <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/6019084/scape" target="_blank">SCAPE</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/1987/atelier-ten" target="_blank">atelier ten</a> will join the firm for the design of the Commons, which aims to help consolidate a group of interrelated academic disciplines in the hopes of enabling a &ldquo;thriving habitat supporting the region&rsquo;s larger network of living things.&rdquo;</p> <p>Jeanne Gang says: &ldquo;The climate crisis is the most urgent challenge facing our world today. We are going to be working with Stanford to design a home for the Doerr School of Sustainability that can support the cross-disciplinary collaboration needed for generating climate solutions in all industries. At the same time, we are excited to model ways for the built environment to address this challenge head-on.&rdquo;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b7/b7b31ff8406a28ad8fcbddb84aab3b5c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b7/b7b31ff8406a28ad8fcbddb84aab3b5c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>An aerial view of campus courtesy of Flickr ...</figcaption></figure>