The project will bethe first public building in New York City designed by Rotterdam-based Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu, director of the firm’s New York office.
The OMA partner's new book Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession takes an idiosyncratic look at architectural history and dissects contemporary practice.
The pavilion, which will open October 3rd, will host four months of architecture and design programs, including talks, workshops, performances, and installations.
Although she’s scarcely 30 years of age, Gaia Repossi has been revamping her family’s century-old jewelry house, founded in Turin, since becoming creative director in 2007.