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MoMA PS1 YAP - Nominee
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MoMA PS1 YAP - Nominee

Fantastic Offense was selected as a Nominee for the 2019 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program (YAP), recognizing its innovative approach to speculative and visionary architecture. Hosted by MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design, YAP highlights emerging firms pushing the boundaries of design.

The nomination placed Fantastic Offense among a distinguished group of architects invited to propose a conceptual project for the MoMA PS1 courtyard. This recognition underscored the studio’s commitment to experimental urbanism and future-thinking projects, solidifying its position as a forward-looking practice shaping discourse in contemporary architecture and design.

Young Architects Program (2019)

MoMA PS1 - YAP
MoMA PS1

DATE:
October 22, 2018

AWARD: Nominee
LOCATION: Long Island City, NY, USA

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Urban Test Object
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Logo for MoMA PS1 which hosts the Young Architects Program
Logo for MoMA PS1 which hosts the Young Architects Program
Aerial view of the MoMA PS1 courtyard for the Young Architects Program design competition
Aerial view of the MoMA PS1 courtyard for the Young Architects Program design competition
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Visually, the UTO adopts the orange safety mesh typical of construction sites, suspended from a lightweight scaffolding grid. A scattered field of columns elevates the structure above the courtyard, maintaining an open central void.

Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1
Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1

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