“The Afterparty, 2009 PS1 summer installation, Long Island City. –photo

It’s that time of winter again, when we start looking towards the summer… though it still does feel a little far away. Not for PS1, who announced their winner for the 2009 Young Architects Program‘s design for this summer’s courtyard installation. If you’re not familiar, PS1′s Summer WarmUp parties have been happening for over a decade, and these days are met with mixed perspectives »

1) Tomorrow, Saturday, August 16 at 7pm, there will be a gathering at McReilly’s to show support and discuss a possible fund raising effort. The Daily News will be writing a story and a staff photographer will be there. There are also some people interested in organizing a fund raiser to assist with whatever their next move will be. The talk at the moment is they want to “just get through this month” and then regroup to focus on finding a new space. All are invited.

2) HALLETS COVE WALK-UP PADDLES, LIC Boathouse »

February is always a good time to start thinking about the summer, and this year PS1 MoMa is bringing the farm to the city – the aptly dubbed “URBAN FARM’ container garden installation in the PS1 MoMa courtyard. More eloquently stated by the Architect’s Newspaper:

[URBAN FARM] calls for a sun shelter constructed as a butterfly roof of linked planters, a container garden in the air. Intended to be a working farm, the structure is an effort “to create a neighborhood-based ecological infrastructure,” said principal Dan Wood. Heavy-duty cardboard tubes, some as wide as yard in diameter, will be bolted together to form the pavilion. Some will be filled with plants, and some will allow light through; others will contain sound equipment or be carved out to create quiet alcoves.

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