NYC based architect and designer Lawrence Blough of Graftworks LLC contacted S/U/M to help develop an efficient and easy to assemble temporary plywood structural system for the MoMA/P.S.1‘s yearly summer event “warm up”.
the goal of the vaulted system would be to produce an array of different spatial/programmatic configurations while keeping waste and part count to a minimum.
The proposal represents one of five finalists of the sixth annual MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program. MoMA/P.S.1′s brief, to create an artificial landscape- the Urban Beach, prompted a proposal which attempts to collapse two ideas of creating an exotic water environment with an architectural expression that is both authentic and has a clear and economic construction logic.
“A competition that invites emerging architects to propose a building project for the courtyard of P.S.1 in Long Island City, Queens. The objective of the Young Architects Program is to identify and provide an outlet for emerging young talent in architecture, an ongoing mission of both MoMA and P.S.1. This year, five finalists were selected and instructed to transform P.S.1′s outdoor courtyard with the allotted project budget of $60,000″
