The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 announce the opening of Party Wall, by CODA (Caroline O'Donnell, Ithaca, NY), winner design of the annual Young Architects Program (YAP) in New York in its 14th edition. CODA's design, drawn from among five finalists, created a temporary urban landscape for the 2013 Warm Up summer music series in MoMA PS1's outdoor courtyard.
Party Wall is a pavilion and flexible experimental space that uses its large-scale, linear form to provide shade for the Warm Up crowds, in addition to other functions.
The porous façade is affixed to a tall self-supporting steel frame that is balanced in place with large fabric containers filled with water, and clad with a screen of interlocking wooden elements comprised of donated from Comet, an Ithaca-based manufacturer of eco-friendly skateboards. The lower portion of the Party Wall's façade is capable of shedding its "exterior," as 120 panels can be detached from the structure and used as benches and communal tables during Warm Up and other diverse events and programs such as lectures, classes, performances, and film screenings.
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Venue.- Party Wall, MoMA PS1 Courtyard. 22-25 Jackson Ave. con 46th Ave. Long Island City, NY.
Dates.- From 28th June to 31th August 2013.
Timetable.- Saturdays, from 15'00 to 21'00h. Check out schedule.
