City of Dreams Pavilion 2012-2013
FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architect Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) are pleased to announce that their competition jury has selected Studio Klimoski Chang Architects’ Head in the Clouds as the winner of the third annual City of Dreams Pavilion Competition. Pending agency and approvals and fundraising, the winning project will be assembled on Governors Island next spring, and will be open to the public for the summer 2013 season. Take a look at the Heads in the Clouds page on Kickstarter. Please make a contribution, help us build this awesome project, and get some great rewards for your support! Thank you in advance for your donation!
Want to help us build the Pavilion this Spring? Scroll down to see how you can get involved!
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Get Involved!
The City of Dreams Pavilion allows YOU the opportunity to become part of the build. Help build The City of Dreams Pavilion Head in the Clouds alongside the design firm StudioKCA. Day 1 of construction is on April 6th, 2013. Construction will take place in D.U.M.B.O. on weekends during the months of April and May, and continues on Governors Island from the end of May until early June. Full day and half day shifts available. Sign up here and help build one of the next amazing public spaces of NYC and Governors Island!
If you would like to donate your bottles to help build Head in the Clouds, please fill out our Bottle Collection Bottle Service form and the team will come to you and pick up the bottles! Bottle type and collection details located here!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at headintheclouds@figmentproject.org
About Head in the Clouds
Designers Jason Klimoski, AIA, and Lesley Chang of Studio Klimoski Chang Architects kept sustainability in mind when designing Head in the Clouds. The structure’s armature will be made from 1.5″ aluminum tubes that use less material and are easier to transport than more traditional materials such as wood. All the materials will be recyclable in an effort to limit the carbon footprint. Klimoski and Chang will work with schools and local organizations, including New York Road Runners and NYCRUNS, to collect the 53,780 milk jugs and water bottles needed to create Head in the Clouds. The jugs will be used to create 120 “pillows” that will give the cloud its bumpy, organic shape. The bottles, accentuated with organic food coloring and water, will create the interior’s blue hue.
Head in the Clouds will offer visitors the chance to walk into the clouds, experiencing them from the inside out. Clouds are collections of water and movement that seem to form animals, people, and cities by dreamers gazing at the sky. With their ‘heads in the clouds’ sky gazers visualize fantastical shapes, ideas, and spaces. The City of Dreams Pavilion is a place dedicated to dreaming, and this year’s winning project exemplifies this ideal. This project will create a venue where visitors can lose themselves in both the cloud-like structure, as well as the clouds in the sky around them.
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About the design team: Studio Klimoski Chang Architects
Jason Klimoski, AIA, received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and his Bachelor of Arts Degree in architecture, history, and sculpture from the University of Minnesota. He worked for Ingo Maurer and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill before forming an independent studio designing and building lights and furniture.
Lesley Chang received her Master’s Degree in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and her Bachelor of Arts Degree in architecture from Columbia University. She worked for Steven Holl Architects and Gensler prior to establishing an independent practice working on residential and commercial projects in the U.S. and Asia.
Together, Jason and Lesley founded Studio Klimoski Chang Architects (studioKCA), a Brooklyn-based firm combining their practices into one studio/workshop. Informed by the parallels between making lights and building spaces, the practice explores how light and materials tell a story, shape an experience, and create a sense of place. Current projects include a light installation in Madison, Wisconsin, and residences in New York City and Vermont.
FIGMENT is accepting donations to support the fabrication, installation, and maintenance of Head in the Clouds on Governors Island by following the link to donate to the pavilion here. Take a look at the Heads in the Clouds page on Kickstarter. Please make a contribution, help us build this awesome project, and get some great rewards for your support! Thank you in advance for your donation!
To view in progress photos, check out the FIGMENT NYC Facebook Page!
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About the Competition
FIGMENT teamed with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) to host a competition to design and construct an architectural pavilion on Governors Island, the City of Dreams Pavilion. The 2012-2013 pavilion will be the third City of Dreams Pavilion. The result of the inaugural first competition, in 2010, was the Living Pavilion, designed by Ann Ha, Assoc. AIA, and Behrang Behin, Assoc. AIA. The second competition, in 2011, led to Burble Bup by Bittertang. These first two pavilions were created through a six-month process that included a call for proposals, a design competition, and a rapid fabrication and installation process. This year’s pavilion extended this process, holding the design competition in 2012 to create a pavilion on Governors Island in 2013.
Jurors for the 2012-2013 City of Dreams Pavilion competition were: Vicki Arbitrio, PE, Associate Partner, Gilsanz Murray Steficek; Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, LEED AP, RIBA, MAA, Partner, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group; Marc Clemenceau Bailly, AIA, Partner, Gage / Clemenceau Architects; Marc Kushner, AIA, Co-founder, HWKN Architects; Michael Loverich, Partner, Bittertang, 2011 City of Dreams Pavilion designer; Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, Editor-in-Chief, Oculus, ArchNewsNow. Ada Tolla, Int’l Assoc. AIA, partner at LOT-EK acted as Pavilion Mentor for the competition, consulting with each finalist team as they prepared their final submissions.
The jury initially reviewed nearly 200 design proposal submissions and selected five finalists who each had three months further develop their designs in response to the jury’s comments. See the four additional finalists below.
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A cloud, in a Tree
designed by SAMPLES, Julien Boitard and Richard Nguyen
The Enneper Pavilion
designed by Maria Mingallon
Fodder Form Pavilion
designed by HuycKurlanDowling, Teddy Huyck, Alexis Kurland and Conner Dowling
For Rent
designed by MTWTHFSS, Ed Blumer and Pete Storey
About FIGMENT
FIGMENT is a free participatory arts event held in multiple cities and attracting tens of thousands of participants each year. FIGMENT celebrates an abundance of creativity and passion, challenging artists and our communities to find new ways to create, share, think, and dream. Become a part of events in multiple cities in the US and Australia, and interactive exhibits on NYC’s Governors Island throughout the summer season. For more information on participating cities, visit figmentproject.org.
FIGMENT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization entirely funded by grants and individual donations. FIGMENT accepts no corporate sponsorship of any kind. FIGMENT is supported by public funds from the National Endowment of the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, as well as by the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. FIGMENT Boston is produced with support from the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the designated stewards of the Rose Kennedy Greenway and site of FIGMENT Boston. FIGMENT Jackson is produced with support from the Greater Jackson Arts Council.
ABOUT ENYA, AIA New York
It is the goal of the Emerging New York Architects Committee to encourage membership, participation, and leadership in AIA New York among intern architects, young architects (licensed 10 years or less), and emerging professionals in the fields of design and construction. The committee engages NYC’s diverse emerging design professionals through lectures, design competitions, and networking opportunities, with a focus on Professional Development, Design Excellence, and Public Outreach.
AIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The Chapter’s members include almost 5,000 practicing architects, allied professionals, students, and public members interested in architecture and design. AIA New York is dedicated to three goals: design excellence, public outreach, and professional development.
ABOUT SEAoNY
SEAoNY is a member organization of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations. Presently, 39 states and the District of Columbia have structural engineers’ associations, the largest of which is SEAOC, Structural Engineers Association of California, which was founded in 1930 and presently has approximately 4000 members.
The association sponsors workshops, panel discussions, lectures and seminars with the aim of addressing topics of interest and concern to structural engineers. Our membership, which is over 500 members, includes individuals from most major structural engineering design firms in New York State.
SEAoNY also reaches out to other professionals, outside the engineering community, who work in related fields with common interests. Currently, 10% of our membership is affiliate members who come from a variety of disciplines such as geotechnical, civil, construction management and architecture.
The purpose of SEAoNY is to advance the art of structural engineering in New York by improving the flow of ideas and building the community of colleagues.
