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Jenny Sabin Discusses 'Lumen' as MoMA PS1's 2017 Young Architects Program Opens

2017-06-29T12:08:00-04:00

Jenny Sabin, principal of Jenny Sabin Studio and director of the Sabin Design Lab, has been selected as the 2017 winner of MoMA PS1's annual Young Architects Program, which kicks off today, June 29. Sabin is active in academia and the cultural sphere, often showcasing her work in pavilions and installations like this year’s Lumen.

'Open Mushware': Making the Invisible Visible in Tactical Urbanism

2016-11-25T13:18:00-05:00

In 2012, the Network Architecture Lab was invited to participate in the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) “Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities” exhibition, curated by Pedro Gadanho. The exhibition was the third installment in the “Issues in Contemporary Architecture Series,” which included “Rising Currents,” a contemplation on future sea level rise in New York City, and “Foreclosed,” a study of the architectural responses to the foreclosure crisis.

Architecture's place in the museum

2016-08-17T09:36:00-04:00

The role that architecture plays in our individual and communal lives is often overlooked, yet in an age when environmental crises are imminent and individuals increasingly turn inward to their electronic devices, an investment in quality spaces that promote social and ecological well-being seems more urgent than ever. This conundrum begs the question: how can a deeper appreciation for architecture be instilled in twenty-first century society?

paraSITE: the bandage over the nomadic wound

2016-05-27T11:04:00-04:00

Using the air discharged from publicly accessible HVAC units, artist Michael Rakowitz has created a series of inflatable temporary plastic shelters for the homeless he calls “paraSITE.” The work, which began in 1998 and was later added to the MoMA’s Architecture and Design online collection, is both a form of social protest and an ingenious, budget-conscious design (most units cost around $5 to construct).

As COSMO gets ready to 'Warm Up,' we sit down with Andrés Jaque of the Office for Political Innovation

2015-06-21T11:11:00-04:00

This Tuesday, the eagerly-awaited, annual Warm Up series of concerts and events will launch beneath the orbicular forms of COSMO, the winning entry of this year’s MoMA PS1 Young Architect’s Program competition. Designed by Andrés Jacque / the Office for Political Innovation, COSMO is not just a pavilion but also a complex water filtration system. Archinect got in touch with Andrés Jaque to talk about the process behind the design as well as his hopes for its impact, both locally and abroad.

The CRIT: Thoughts on MoMA's Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream

2012-01-30T15:25:00-05:00

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work."
— Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912)

“yes i was wondering how i go about not lossing my house it has been in my wifes famlily for over a hundred years my wife was layed off the morgage company wouldnt talk to us because she was layed off and now we are so far behind we cant get cought up so now we are loosing our home is there help out there for me”
— unedited comment from MoMA workshop blog (2011)

In Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream, part of MoMA’s Issues in Contemporary Architecture series, five architects-in-residence and their interdisciplinary teams [1] were challenged to “engage in a rethinking of housing and related infrastructures that could catalyze urban transformation.” The investigation also sought to “begin a conversation,” on the “recent” (though painfully on-going) foreclosure crisis by examining su...

PS1 YAP 2011 Wrap-up

2011-06-13T14:30:00-04:00

With the winning PS1 entry by Interboro Partners being installed right now, Archinect takes a moment to catch up with Formlessfinder, winner of the Peoples' Choice Award, to talk about the how and the why of innovative architecture.

2011 PS1 Young Architects Program People's Choice Award

2011-02-23T13:00:00-05:00

Archinect is pleased to announce the PS1 People's Choice Award, an honor bestowed upon the PS1 competition entry that is selected by public vote as the architectural community's favorite.

In 2000 the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 launched the Young Architects Program (YAP), an annual competition to design and build an installation in the iconic triangular courtyard of MoMA PS1. Although MoMA's goals for the competition are rather modestly stated as to "provide visitors with an outdoor recreational area for the summer... making the best use of the pre-existing space and available materials," the competition quickly became a venue for architectural innovation and a platform from which practices such as SHoP, ROY, and nArchitects stepped into the big league.

Now in its twelfth incarnation, the PS1 YAP competition is beginning to show signs that its competitors have outgrown their hosts as an increasing number of entrants feel compelled to look beyond the creation of shade and add new...