Designed by Jason Klimoski, AIA, and Lesley Chang of Studio Klimoski Chang Architects, Head in the Clouds features sustainability as the main theme. As people gaze at sky and visualise shapes, ideas, and spaces, the City of Dreams Pavilion would be a place dedicated to dreaming. 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.
The structure’s armature has been 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 are recyclable, which will limit the carbon footprint. The structure is made from everyday items, such as milk jugs and water bottles.
Klimoski and Chang worked with schools and local organisations, 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 were used to create 120 “pillows” that lends the cloud its bumpy, organic shape. The bottles, accentuated with organic food colouring and water, create the interior’s blue hue.
The competition jury of 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), selected Studio Klimoski Chang Architects’ design as the winner of the third annual City of Dreams Pavilion Competition. The pavilion will be up through 22 September 2013.
