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Spectacular ‘Rain Room’ Coming To MoMA In May!

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Last fall, we spotlighted a mesmerizing exhibition by UK-based rAndom International called “Rain Room.” While we at Architizer sadly missed out on the installation in London, we are thrilled to announce that “Rain Room” is coming to MoMA on May 12th! Now we New Yorkers have the chance to walk through a downpour, without being touched by a single drop of water! And what a relief that will be after a long and gloomy winter. Click through to see more! 

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A major component of “EXPO 1: New York, Rain Room” will be presented from May 12 through July 28. A large-scale immersive environment, the installation is a field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected—offering visitors the experience of controlling the rain. Using digital technology, “Rain Room” is a carefully choreographed downpour—a monumental work that encourages people to become performers on an unexpected stage, while creating an intimate atmosphere of contemplation. Visitors can literally walk through rain, as though surrounded by an invisible magnetic field, and never get wet. The work invites visitors to explore the roles that science, technology, and human ingenuity can play in stabilizing our environment. You know where you can find us May 12!

“Rain Room” is on view at The Museum of Modern Art, courtesy of RH, Restoration Hardware. EXPO 1: New York is made possible by a partnership with Volkswagen of America.

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Photos: courtesy of the artist

CODA ganador del moma PS1 programa arquitecto joven 2013

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moma PS1 acaba de declarar la firma americana CODA el ganador del programa de arquitectura joven 2013 por su concepto ‘party wall’. El pabellón se construirá este verano en Long Island City como una solución para proporcionar visitantes del museo y un lugar de refugio contra el sol ardiente.

Envuelto en una piel modular compuesto de espacios en blanco – bi-productos de producción skateboard – de un fabricante respetuoso del medio ambiente, la estructura de acero ligero proporciona sombra a través de su verticalidad, de este modo también la creación de un punto de interés. La naturaleza angular de la elevación sugiere un mensaje, pero en realidad sólo muestra un “muro” de la palabra con su sombra proyectada en el suelo, y sólo durante un cierto punto en el día.

Varias piscinas en la planta baja, crean un  micro-oasis que crean una fuerte conexión con la instalación adyacente “iglesia” por Francesco Vezzoli. La pared habitable servirá como un telón de fondo para conciertos, mientras que los espacios restantes se pueden utilizar como pequeñas etapas. También se explayó sobre Huffington después, el resultado es una estructura dinámica delgada que toque ligeramente el suelo y crea un uso flexible con su geometría única.

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CODA’s “Party Wall” Made From Skateboard Castoffs Wins MoMA PS1′s 2013 Young Architects Program

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The architect Caroline O’Donnell—of the Ithaca, New York–based experimental design and research studio CODA—is the winner of MoMA PS1′s 2013 Young Architects Program. Her design, Party Wall, will provide shade and succor to the crowds of romper-clad, aviator-wearing art enthusiasts who gather for PS1′s summer Warm-Up series.

Riffing on the idea of a party (or shared) wall, O’Donnell’s design calls for a vertical shade that defines space with the shadows it casts. The steel structure is clad with a porous facade made from the castoffs of the eco-friendly skateboard manufacturer Comet. “Party Wall arches over the various available spaces, activating them for different purposes, while making evident that even the most unexpected materials can always be reinvented to originate architectural form and its ability to communicate with the public,” MoMA architecture and design curator Pedro Gadanho said in the announcement about the award. Plus, the wall will include detachable benches made from uncut skateboard misprints, whose arrangements will be managed by a team of spritely “pool boys” wearing uniforms made by, who else, American Apparel. Read more! 

CODA’s vertical design marks a departure from the strategies of past winners, such as Interboro Partners’ ribboned canopy in 2011, though it does share similarities (its size, scaffolding structure, and water features) with Architizer sister company Hollwich-Kushner (HWKN)’s Wendy from last summer. O’Donnell’s vertical take on the canopy responds to its surroundings—such as the giant billboards of Queens—and the path of the sun in the sky. “At CODA we believe that architecture should be reactive to context, just as an organism evolves in relation to its site,” the architects write in their brief.

At the base of Party Wall, a sequence of pools will be filled by a gravity-operated fountain. A shallow stage will line the perimeter of the wall, forming several microstages that open onto PS1′s courtyards and the dance floor.

A 10-by-6-foot study for the construction of Party Wall.

All images courtesy of CODA

Wendy 2.0 Debuts In Abu Dhabi For Sustainability Week

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Wendy, everyone’s favorite architectural avatar, is back! The spiky blue installation has relocated from the MoMA PS1 courtyard in Long Island City, New York to Abu Dhabi—we’re picturing an Indiana Jones-map montage right now—where she is headlining the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Armed with upgrades and powered by solar energy, Wendy 2.0 takes her air-cleaning powers and sunny disposition abroad to the Emirate, where she fits right at home. Click through for more! 

The installation was designed by Architizer sister-firm Hollich Kushner (HWKN), who rebuilt the structure from scratch for its international debut. Presented by the Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation with Masdar, Abud Dhabi’s renewable energy tech house, Wendy 2.0 gave the architects the opportunity to make the generational leap with their original design—a rarity in architecture, says HWKN co-principal Matthias Hollwich. The new and improved Wendy comes with an upgraded scaffolding system, some structural innovations, and enhanced water cannons and misters. Additionally, Masdar—the same Masdar which commissioned Norman Foster to design an eco-city—is supplying the solar power that will take the installation completely off-the-grid.

But don’t worry, Wendy is still very much the same as when we left her. The star-cluster shape is as exuberant as ever, and the titania nanofilm-coated fabric just as functional. The installation’s rapid and faithful reproduction may point to a new horizon of architectural production, one that mirrors and is even in sync with other markets, as in the cycles for cell phones and software. For now, the architects hope that this second iteration of Wendy will help spread their message of a proactive, fun, and eco-friendly architecture. “Wendy 2.0 is an opportunity to touch an even broader audience,” says HWKN co-principal Marc Kushner, “and raise awareness about the potential of the architecture that surrounds them.”

Wendy 2.0, Abu Dhabi, will stand through February 6.

The Year In Architecture: Best Buildings Of 2012

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CCTV Tower by OMA, completed in May; Photo: Iwan Baan It would be strange to say that architecture had a good year in 2012. Architects, as a professional workforce, couldn’t have started the year off at a greater disadvantage, what with the continued stalling or entire cancellation of projects shrinking the job market. Naturally, these

MoMA Announces New “9+1 Ways of Being Political” Architecture Exhibition

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Jason Crum (American, 1935-2004). Project for a Painted Wall, New York City, New York. Perspective. 1969. Gouache on photograph. 30 x 20″ (76.2 x 50.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1969

This month will kick off the very first MoMA exhibition put together by its new Architecture and Design Curator, Pedro Gadanho. “9+1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design” will explore how architectural concepts have responded to, inspired, interpreted,and enacted political climates throughout the twentieth century.  Read more.

From neo-avant-garde (quasi-)dystopian designs by Rem Koolhaas and Bernard Tschumi to peaceful statements like Emilio Ambasz’s Pro Memorial Garden in Germany, and contemporary designs seeking to break down the public and private barriers, the exhibition will cover decades of cultural innovation through design. Split into nine chronological sections, plus one special performance piece by Andres Jaque Arquitectos at PS 1 on September 16th and 23rd, the show pulls from MoMA’s extensive collection of both art and design mediums, introducing architecture into a dialogue with politically charged artists, photographers, and designers from the same periods.

“9+1″ opens September 12th and runs until March 25, 2013.

Krinner Ground Screws, What Keep ‘Wendy’ Grounded

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Wendy; Photo: Michael Moran/OTTO ©

Summer is winding down, and with it comes the end of Wendy’s installation at the MoMA PS1 courtyard. The project, which has proved exceedingly popular among crowds of concert-goers, tourists, and neighbors alike, will end its run in just over a week’s time on September 8, after which the giant blue structure will be dismantled and removed from the site. Given Wendy’s large scale–the scaffolding encloses a 70’ x 70’ x 45’ volume–it would seem that the removal would leave sizable scars on the courtyard floor, and would have done so, if a more traditional (and more expensive) foundation system had been laid to tie the structure to the ground. Wendy’s sturdy foundation, however, is comprised of just 65 giant ground screws, each of which can be as easily and quickly removed as they had been inserted (the site was prepped and the screws drilled in under 5 hours this past May).

Krinner ground screws provided team Wendy with what they needed the most: a high-quality, sustainable foundation that could be efficiently installed. The screws form advanced foundation systems that are highly effective and affordable, without any of the mess or expense of a dug substructure–ideal for temporary and small structures, be it this year’s MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program winner, event tents, or a home addition. Continue.

In the case of Wendy, Krinner drilled 65 6-foot long screws into the bed of the PS1 courtyard, each of which was rated with a compressive capacity of 7875 lbs. and an uplift capacity of 4838 lbs. Despite the rainy conditions on day 1 of construction, the team quickly arranged the screws in a grid to which the massive cubic scaffolding structure was subsequently anchored. The screws keep Wendy grounded, whatever blustery weather befalls her, and so prove crucial to to installation’s stated purposes of fun and clean air.

Meet SFDS, The Fabricators Behind “Wendy”

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“We’ve poured 17 tons of concrete and had it cured in 24 hours,” says Eric Winston, founder of SFDS Fabrication & Design Shop, listing one of the many large-scale, rapidly-built projects the Greenpoint-based fabricators have daringly taken on with success. Speaking with Winston, you’ll find he likes to categorize his work according to two factors: “craziness” and “difficult”. That project a pop-up beton runway for Phillip Lim, ranks somewhere among the shop’s top “craziest” endeavors–rightly so, given the sheer mass of material and the speed with which it was manipulated and set. But it pales in comparison to what he calls the most mental project–both in terms of crazy and technical difficulty–he’s worked on, Pier 40. SFDS built the 150,000 square-feet structure in just 4 1/2 weeks–in the dead of winter, no less–completely wired with electrical and plumbing systems, enclosed with walls and custom windows, and furnished with red carpet.

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On the other hand, Wendy, SFDS’ latest project, was a “crazy, but not a complicated build”, according to Winston. That isn’t to say the construction wasn’t fraught with false starts and delays, not to mention the rainy conditions that plagued the project from day 1. To that latter point Winston expressed the most concern, saying that “we were building a giant lightning rod in the middle of rainstorms”.

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No, what made Wendy “crazy” was the coordinating of multiple parties that each came to the site with their own tasks. “We started from scratch,” when Knippers Helbig drilled their gigantic ground screws into the MoMA PS1 courtyard on May 23. “Then one little thing came up after another,” as the players and the components involved added up. All along the 5 1/2 week build, SFDS found themselves “modifying everything”, from the placement of Wendy spiky blue cones (“They was no give or play with them”) to the installation of the Big Ass Fans (“They were too wide for the bays”) and, most frustratingly, the tiered pools that had to be rebuilt after a construction mishap.

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Still, the quality of the construction team and the work was “top-notch”. SFDS delivered Wendy on time and modeled as closely to the architects’ original vision as possible. “Going in, I wasn’t sure we would get to there,” Winston says, gesturing to the initial Wendy renderings. “But, we hit it right on.”

Want to know more about what makes Wendy work? Head over to MoMA PS1 this Sunday, August 5th, to meet the construction team behind this year’s Young Architects Program winner. The panel, moderated by Matthias Hollwich and Marck Kushner of HWKN, will kick off at 2 PM! For more on SFDS, visit their website here.

[Disclaimer: Wendy was designed by Architizer-sister company HWKN]