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YAP Istanbul Modern Finalist Entry by ONZ Architects

2013-02-19T15:34:00-05:00

Earlier this month, the installation Sky Spotting Stop had been chosen as the first-ever YAP Istanbul Modern winner in conjunction with the Young Architects Programs at MoMA PS1 in New York, MAXXI in Rome and the cultural organization CONSTRUCTO in Santiago, Chile. Here is now also one of the five YAP Istanbul Modern finalist entries: Tearing the Ground by young Ankara-based firm, ONZ Architects.

MY HAIR IS AT MOMA PS1 - Finalist Entry for 2013 MoMA PS1 YAP

2013-02-07T15:08:00-05:00

One very fascinating runner-up for New York's MoMA PS1 YAP is MY HAIR IS AT MOMA PS1 by TempAgency, a collaboration between the two individual offices Kutonotuk (Leena Cho, Matthew Jull) and mcdowellespinosa (Rychiee Espinosa, Seth McDowell).

SO? Architecture and Ideas wins first-ever YAP Istanbul Modern

2013-02-06T16:35:00-05:00

With the winners of the New York and Rome editions of the Young Architects Program (YAP) already unveiled, the first-ever YAP Istanbul Modern winner has now also been selected: the temporary installation Sky Spotting Stop by young design firm SO? Architecture and Ideas reached the highest score with the jury and will be built in early June in Istanbul Modern’s courtyard.

bam! bottega di architettura metropolitana wins YAP MAXXI 2013

2013-02-06T15:08:00-05:00

The installation He by Turin-based studio bam! bottega di architettura metropolitana has been selected as winner of the Young Architects Program (YAP) MAXXI 2013 in Rome.

CODA Wins 2013 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program

2013-01-17T15:32:00-05:00

The New York Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 today announced CODA (Caroline O’Donnell of Ithaca, New York) as the winner of the annual Young Architects Program (YAP) in New York.

Now in its 14th edition, the Young Architects Program at MoMA and MoMA PS1 offers emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design and present innovative projects, challenging each year’s winners to develop creative designs for a temporary, outdoor installation at MoMA PS1 that provides shade, seating, and water. The architects must also work within guidelines that address environmental issues, including sustainability and recycling. CODA, drawn from among five finalists, will design a temporary urban landscape for the 2013 Warm Up summer music series in MoMA PS1’s outdoor courtyard.

The winning project, Party Wall, opening at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City in late June, is a pavilion and flexible experimental space that uses its large-scale, linear form to provide shade for the Warm Up crowds, in addition to other functions.

The porous façade is affixed to a tall self-supporting steel frame that is balanced in place with large fabric containers filled with water, and ...

YAP MAXXI 2013: five finalists announced

2012-12-13T17:45:00-05:00

The jury – composed of the directors of the MAXXI, representatives of the MoMA and Constructo in Santiago Chile – met on Wednesday 28 November to select the five finalists who, by January 2013, must present their projects for the realisation of a temporary space for live summer events in the MAXXI Plaza. The jury will meet once again to select the project to be constructed and inaugurated in June.

The five finalists include:

bam! bottega di architettura metropolitana, Turin
AK0 – architettura a kilometro zero, Rome
LABORATORIO PERMANENTE, Milan
Matilde Cassani, Milan
LOOP Landscape & Architecture Design, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Social Skills: Interboro at P.S.1, a postscript

2011-10-15T01:31:37-04:00

A recap of a recent community-facing installation at New York's P.S.1 explores the power of temporary design to create systemic change