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2014 MCHAP.emerge

Frieze Art Fair

SO - IL

New York, NY, USA

May 2012

AUTOR PRINCIPAL

SO – IL

AUTOR CONTRIBUYENTE

SO – IL (Architect)

CLIENTE

Frieze Art Fair

FOTÓGRAFO

Iwan Baan

OBJETIVO

Pie-shaped tent section wedges are inserted between six tent sections to relax and open up the standardized system, and offer amenities at each section as a moment of recess. The wedges bend the otherwise straight tent into a meandering, supple shape. The winding form animates it on the unusual waterfront site, as well as establishing the temporary structure as an icon along the water.

CONTEXTO

Randall’s Island, situated in between Manhattan, Bronx and Queens is one of the few pieces of open land in New York City large enough to accommodate the 225,000sf, 1500 ft long structure.

ACTUACIÓN

The wedges divide the significant length of the fair into manageable sections. Rather than exposing the end gable section at each end of the tent, we extended the tent roof fabric in stripes, dissolving the tent into the ground. The playful entrances introduce visitors to the experience within.

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