MoMA and P.S.1 Announce Young Architect Winner: Public Farm One

published Feb 16, 2008
MoMA and PS1 Announce Young Architect Winner Public Farm One
The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center announced the winner of the ninth annual MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program: WORK Architecture Company from New York.

The purpose of the program is to provide emerging young talent in architecture with the chance to prepare and present architectural solutions for a specific site.

This year, five finalists selected by a closed nomination process were asked to present an urban landscape for the large entrance courtyard of P.S.1, with the allotted project budget of $70,000.

Essential to the design were elements of shade, water, seating, and bar areas.

WORK Architecture Company's winning landscape, PF1 (Public Farm One), will be on view in P.S.1's outdoor courtyard starting June 26, and will serve as an interactive environment for the 2008 Warm Up summer music series.

PF1 (Public Farm One) is an urban farm concept that evokes the look of a flying carpet landing in the P.S.1 courtyard.

Constructed from large cardboard tubes, its top surface will be a working farm, blooming with a variety of vegetables and plants.

The structure will create a textured, colorful, and constantly changing surface in contrast with P.S.1's angular concrete and gravel courtyard.

PF1 will work as an interactive bridge between outside and inside, creating multiple zones of activity including swings, fans, sound effects, innovative seating areas, and a refreshing pool at its center.