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Madrid's Andres Jacque wins MoMA PS1 2015 Young Architects Program

Madrid's Andres Jacque wins MoMA PS1 2015 Young Architects Program

MoMA and MoMA PS 1 have announced the winner of the 2015 Young Architects Program from a shortlist of five firms: Andres Jacque Architects/Office for Political Innovation. Based in Madrid and New York, Jacque’s firm will build COSMO, a large structure made of irrigation tubes and planted zones, which will make the process of water filtration visible to PS 1 visitors.

The structure will contain 3,000 gallons of water which will take four days to complete the cycle of purification through the structure. Seating and performance areas will be located underneath the suspended structure, which, when illuminated at night, will become a beacon in the neighborhood.

The project is intended as a prototype, which could be recreated anywhere in the world to create fresh drinking water. “This year’s proposal takes one of the Young Architects Program’s essential requirements—providing a water feature for leisure and fun—and highlights water itself as a scarce resource,” said Pedro Gadanho, a curator of architecture and design at MoMA, in a statement. “Relying on off-the-shelf components from agro-industrial origin, an exuberant mobile architecture celebrates water-purification processes and turns their intricate visualization into an unusual backdrop.”

COSMO will open in late June as a part of the annual Warm Up summer party series at MoMA PS 1. The Young Architects Program has become on the world’s leading showcases for emerging architectural talent.


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