MOS Architects wins the P.S.1 competition
We just got the news that MOS Architects won the competition to build a temporary installation at MoMA´s P.S.1 during this summer.
For this competition the P.S.1 invites each year a group of emerging architects to experiment with new shapes and materials, as Work AC did last year with their PF1 project.
MOS project is entitled Afterparty, a design that Micheal Meredith and Hilary Sample (MOS partners) say is meant to honor and reflect current economic realities, by using basic materials. The main structure is a lightweight aluminum frame using recyclable parts which require minimal assembly, which will become a landmark for the neigborhood – all this on a USD$70,000 budget.
I spoke with Michael a few minutes ago and he refered to the name of the project: One thing about the “Afterparty,” as we’re calling it, is the need to look for new promiscuities after the party of a sort of high-formalism which has dominated academic discourse, and in our case it’s with the basic structural arch geometries, rough almost singular materiality and the production and interaction of “environment,” (literally cooling down the courtyard through stack effect) looking towards a more primitive state of architecture. – (See afterparty definition on Wikipedia).
The project is still under development, and we´ll keep you posted on further updates. We´ll try to do a good coverage on this as we did last year.
You can see other works from MOS previously featured on AD: Floating House and their ORDOS 100 villa.
More images of Afterparty after the break.
i think the installation looks like pencil tips. don’t you?
how phallic!
welcome to planet ‘blur’… do not attempt to adjust your eyesight
beautiful! very inspiring!congratulations!
another boring selection by ps1 young architects program. way to go!
Chris,
We are preparing an article with all the projects… trust me it´s not boring at all. Stay tuned.
Cool!
They know how to play with meshes with Rhino!
this is the third time for this office to compete, in 2004, 2007 and now…finaly they got it. but wasn’t there a rule that one can submit only once…? another strict rule…. something is fishy here.
they sort of remind me John Hardy’s factory in bali…. well this is A LOT nicer….or really they are both just as magical! love MOS!
they sort of remind me of John Hardy’s factory in bali…. well this is A LOT nicer….or really they are both just as magical! love MOS!
it is really ugly..
they should leave it once built, looks good.
nice ABS print.
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11:55 PM Jan 29th
http://tinyurl.com/c73n3k not sure if i think this is worthy of winning ps1…but meh!
9:15 PM Jun 27th
http://twitpic.com/8mq1v – "Afterparty" by MOS Architects aka "Chewbacca takes over P.S.1"
http://bit.ly/2Elsbv
9:16 PM Jun 27th
http://twitpic.com/8mq1v – "Afterparty" by MOS Architects aka "Chewbacca takes over P.S.1"
http://bit.ly/2Elsbv
9:31 PM Jun 27th
http://twitpic.com/8ms1q – http://bit.ly/2Elsbv