Escobedo Solíz Studio is the winner of MoMA PS1's 2016 Young Architects Program

2016-02-01T15:27:00-05:00

The Mexico-city based firm Escobedo Solíz Studio, founded in 2011 by Lazbent Pavel Escobedo and Andres Solíz, has been announced as the winner of MoMA and MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program (YAP).

The annual competition (now in its 17th year) is aimed at emerging architectural talent, giving young designers the chance to exhibit in an interactive, urban setting during the PS1’s summer programming. As stipulated within the competition, the winner's design must provide shade, seating and water, and “address environmental issues, including sustainability and recycling.” Prior winners have included Andrés Jaque (2015), The Living (2014), CODA (2013), MOS (2009), and WORKac (2008), among others.

Escobedo Solíz Studio’s winning proposal, “Weaving the Courtyard,” will install “platforms of soil and water” and “a reflective wading pool” in PS1’s courtyard, all underneath a colorful woven canopy. The installation will debut as the setting for Warm Up, PS1's summer music series, beginning in e...

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Escobedo Solíz Studio is the winner of MoMA PS1's 2016 Young Architects Program