Head in the clouds Klimoski Chang

Pillowy Cloud Made of 53,780 Plastic Bottles Chosen as 2013 FIGMENT Festival Pavilion

11/19/2012

Head in the clouds Klimoski Chang

The next <a href="http://figmentproject.org/" target="_blank">FIGMENT Festival</a> on Governors Island may not be until 2013, but plans for the weekend-long celebration of participatory art are already underway. Each year, the festival calls on designers and architects to <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/figment-festival-unveils-2013-city-of-dreams-pavilion-finalists-on-governors-island/" target="_blank">design a pavilion</a> for the island <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/the-figment-festival-brings-a-creative-recycled-art-world-to-governors-island/" target="_blank">out of recycled materials</a>, and it looks like they now have a winner! After several months of deliberation, Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang’s “Head in the Clouds” pavilion made of salvaged plastic bottles and jugs was chosen to be realized for next year’s fest.

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Head in the clouds Klimoski Chang

Head in the Clouds will create a serene cloudscape amidst the grassy knoll of Governors Island. The lightweight pavilion will appear like a bumpy cloud from the outside, but when guests enter the rounded pavilion, they will be able to <a href="http://figmentproject.org/" target="_blank">gaze up into an iridescent blue sky</a>.

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Head in the clouds Klimoski Chang

The framework is made from lightweight aluminum tubes that are easier to transport than wood or pipe. For the “clouds,” Klimoski and Chang will collect and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/56-recycled-plastic-bottles-illuminate-liter-of-lights-pavilion-at-the-shanghai-biennale/" target="_blank">recycle plastic bottles and milk jugs</a>.

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A cloud in a Tree

Working with local schools, New York Road Runners and NYCRUNS, the group will collect the 53,780 jugs needed to create the bumpy organic shape of the pavilion.

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Fodder Form Pavilion by HuycKurlanDowling

Fodder Form Pavilion by HuycKurlanDowling was another pavilion that was also considered.

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Figment Enneper Pavilion by Maria Mingallon

Figment Enneper Pavilion by Maria Mingallon

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A cloud in a Tree

Other entrants included HuycKurlanDowling’s plant starch “Fodder Form Pavilion,” MTWTHFSS’s “For Rent, which uses rented materials and Maria Mingallon’s Enneper Pavilion made from toilet paper tubes.

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The next FIGMENT Festival on Governors Island may not be until 2013, but plans for the weekend-long celebration of participatory art are already underway. Each year, the festival calls on designers and architects to design a pavilion for the island out of recycled materials, and it looks like they now have a winner! After several months of deliberation, Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang’s “Head in the Clouds” pavilion made of salvaged plastic bottles and jugs was chosen to be realized for next year’s fest.

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