What’s New Sunlight Sit under 10 March 2017 i LIC COURIER i www.qns.com Renderings via Jenny Sabin Studio a canopy of photo-luminescent yarn at Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 MoMA PS1 has announced its choice for the annual Young Architects Program and this year, museum patrons will be able to sit under a canopy that is responsive to light and darkness. “Lumen,” the project created by New York-based architect Jenny Sabin, is a”socially and environmentally responsive structure that adapts to the densities of bodies, heat and sunlight.” In the morning, participants will be sprayed with cooling mist and the canopy will act as shade from the heat. At night, the structure will provide light. The system was digitally knitted and robotically woven out of recycled textiles and photoluminescent and solar yarns that have the ability to absorb, collect and deliver light. “Lumen” is reactive; when a person comes in close proximity with its cooling system, fabric stalactites release mist to help create a “refreshing micro-system.” Everything is woven using similar fabric, including the woven recycled spool chairs that will be peppered throughout MoMA PS1’s courtyard.
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