2014 MCHAP.emerge
Frieze Art Fair
SO - IL
New York, NY, USA
May 2012
PRIMARY AUTHOR
SO – IL
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
SO – IL (Architect)
CLIENT
Frieze Art Fair
PHOTOGRAPHER
Iwan Baan
OBJECTIVE
Pie-shaped tent section wedges are inserted between six tent sections to relax and open up the standardized system, and offer amenities at each section as a moment of recess. The wedges bend the otherwise straight tent into a meandering, supple shape. The winding form animates it on the unusual waterfront site, as well as establishing the temporary structure as an icon along the water.
CONTEXT
Randall’s Island, situated in between Manhattan, Bronx and Queens is one of the few pieces of open land in New York City large enough to accommodate the 225,000sf, 1500 ft long structure.
PERFORMANCE
The wedges divide the significant length of the fair into manageable sections. Rather than exposing the end gable section at each end of the tent, we extended the tent roof fabric in stripes, dissolving the tent into the ground. The playful entrances introduce visitors to the experience within.
