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66 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • FEBRUARY 12, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Image courtesy of Andrés Jaque/Offi ce for Political Innovation Rendering of Andrés Jaque/Offi ce for Political Innovation’s COSMO, winning design of the 2015 Young Architects Program. Water purifi er design selected for MoMA PS1’s 2015 Warm Up music series BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com/@aaltamirano28 This summer, MoMA PS1 will glow with awareness during its annual music series. The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 in Long Island City have selected architect Andrés Jaque and his fi rm, the Offi ce for Political Innovation, as the winner of the 16th annual Young Architects Program (YAP). In Jaque’s project, called COSMO, he addresses the United Nation’s statistic estimating that by 2025 two thirds of the global population will live in countries that have a shortage of water. The winning design expected to open at MoMA PS1’s courtyard in late June, was chosen from fi ve fi nalists to ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES 2 PAIR OF EYEGLASSES QC QC QC $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, Frames & Lenses Select frames with clear plastic, single vision lenses+/- 4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Offer ends: 3/17/15 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses +/- 4 sph., 2 cyl up to 2.50 add. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Offer ends: 3/17/15 buzz BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER 211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 *FREE with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and EYE EXAM tting add’l. *See store for details. QC FLEX SPENDING Use it or lose it! DISPOSABLE CONTACTS $99 Includes: •EYE EXAM •2 Boxes of Lenses Contact Lens Fitting additional. Clear Soft contacts brand clear spherical lenses.Not Valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer ends: 3/17/15 DESIGNER SUNGLASSES st STARTING AT $99 QC of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place Some Restrictions Apply. See Store For Details. In Stock Items Only. Not Valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer expires: 3/17/15 WINTER SAVINGS serve as the temporary urban landscape for the 2015 Warm Up summer music series. The project is mobile, moving with the partygoers, and is made out of customized irrigation mechanisms. Every year the winners develop creative designs for a temporary outdoor installation at the museum located at 22-25 Jackson Ave. that would provide shade, seating and water to those who attend the series. The architects also have to address environmental issues, such as sustainability and recycling. “Last year, ‘Hy-Fi,’ a nearly zero carbon footprint construction by The Living, raised awareness of ecological and climate change. This year COSMO continues to do so, addressing the issue of increasingly scarce water supplies worldwide in a successful and innovative way,” said Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA PS1 director and MoMA chief curator at large. COSMO has been engineered to fi lter and purify 3,000 gallons of water, “eliminating suspended particles and nitrates, balancing the PH, and increasing the level of dissolved oxygen,” according to MoMA PS1. It takes a total of four days for the 3,000 gallons to be purifi ed. As part of Jacque’s biochemical design, the stretchedout plastic mesh at the core of COSMO will automatically glow whenever water is purifi ed. “Relying on off-the-shelf components from agroindustrial origin, exuberant mobile architecture celebrates water-purifi cation processes and turns their intricate visualization into an unusual backdrop for the Warm Up sessions,” said Pedro Gadanho, curator in MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design.


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