Tensile Structures (T2)

2011 MOMA PS1: Holding Pattern

Dyani Robarge

Project created by Interboro Partners. From the design firm:

"The Young Architects Program invites architects to create a temporary environment for the celebrated Warm Up music series. The canopy was constructed by stringing ropes from holes in MoMA PS1’s 16-foot tall concrete wall to the parapet across the courtyard. Just as Hugh Ferris revealed the potential of New York City’s 1916 zoning code by drawing the theoretical building envelope, we revealed the very odd, idiosyncratic space of the courtyard and created an inexpensive and column-free space for the activity below. From the ground, the experience was of a soaring, hyperboloid surface."