Evolution of shapes in $\chem{^{59}Cu}$

High-spin states in $\chem{^{59}Cu}$ were populated using the fusion-evaporation reaction $\chem{^{28}Si +{} ^{40}Ca}$ at a beam energy of 122 MeV. The Gammasphere Ge-detector array in conjunction with the 4$\pi$ charged-particle detector array Microball allowed for the detection of $\gamma$-rays in coincidence with evaporated light particles. The resulting extensive high-spin decay scheme of $\chem{^{59}Cu}$ is presented, which comprises more than 320 $\gamma$-ray transitions connecting about 150 excited states. Their spins and parities have been assigned via directional correlations of $\gamma$-rays emitted from oriented states. Average quadrupole moments of rotational bands have been determined from the analysis of residual Doppler shifts. Shell model calculations in the $fp$ shell are invoked to study some of the low-spin states, while the experimental characteristics of the rotational bands are analyzed in the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky (CNS) approach