PS1 Afterparty
Last year the courtyard at PS1 in Long Island City was transformed into a Public Farm. This summer, per an announcement today, it will become an amalgam of Cones, Domes and Huts. The winner's of this year's PS1 Young Architects Program is MOS, with a design titled "Afterparty."
![mos1.jpg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_slohxrQ4Sq4CcGRT3g3i2fk8buif3tBJrR8-RCjpxMdoSTvZcCPCGJPJkiouRgfASvquhBP3n-VRCckSy_Vqmekw0i4thueflN=s0-d)
[image by MOS | image source]
Hilary Sample and Michael Merideth addressed the requirements of shade, seating and water in their design by "air cooled by the courtyard’s existing shaded concrete walls and concrete water troughs [that] will be drawn up through the chimneys by induction...creating a breeze." The architects description points to primitive architecture executed with contemporary technologies.
![mos2.jpg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vwDRL8vB0aZOLbNv59i48kUJ0AISUQJfM-BF7Gx_xXQnzR3MUAuAoNNkTGcoOsSOUw5MZVECBRFr8qQ75brKG2yQ3pYU-0hP2h=s0-d)
[image by MOS | image source]
Evoking the smokestacks of the area, the design and its visibility beyond PS1's walls is very appealing. Like previous winners, the small budget ($70,000) will surely impact construction and have a big impact on the success of the final product, set to open in late June. Here's hoping they can pull it off well.
![mos3.jpg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vosf_yMUoXKam88JvG-sCrOgbUdUY7BvbHJ9htjfLQNxiy44rMQjh1ojqp3tnM4CoCStS-Fh_5Qyt_LsMtKT_DFfzkh98Jk_B6=s0-d)
[image by MOS | image source]
[image by MOS | image source]
Hilary Sample and Michael Merideth addressed the requirements of shade, seating and water in their design by "air cooled by the courtyard’s existing shaded concrete walls and concrete water troughs [that] will be drawn up through the chimneys by induction...creating a breeze." The architects description points to primitive architecture executed with contemporary technologies.
[image by MOS | image source]
Evoking the smokestacks of the area, the design and its visibility beyond PS1's walls is very appealing. Like previous winners, the small budget ($70,000) will surely impact construction and have a big impact on the success of the final product, set to open in late June. Here's hoping they can pull it off well.
[image by MOS | image source]
Check on this project in http://klaustoon.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/design-strategies-moss-ps1/
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