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 fantastical 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 will be 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 will be recyclable, which will limit the carbon footprint. The structure will be made from everyday items such as milk jugs and water bottles.
Klimoski and Chang will work 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 will be used to create 120 “pillows” that will give the cloud its bumpy, organic shape. The bottles, accentuated with organic food coloring and water, will create the interior’s blue hue.
Pending agency approvals and fundraising, the winning project will be assembled on Governors Island in the spring of 2013. It will be open to the public for the summer 2013 season.
