One of my favorite details on the facade of Original Music Workshop is finally coming to life.
Intel and Vice Magazine's Creators Project Interviews Eli Sudbrack about Original Music Workshop
The Creators Project blog just posted a great interview of Eli Sudbrack of Assume Vivid Astro Focus about his new work on the facade of Original Music Workshop.
Original Music Workshop Rear Facade Revealed
The rear facade of Original Music Workshop has been revealed, thanks to the recent demolition of our neighbor. Enjoy it while it lasts...
Assume Vivid Astro Focus for Original Music Workshop
Assume Vivid Astro Focus, our collaborator on the Eye to Eye installation at the Guggenhiem Museum, recently painted a new, large-scale mural on the facade of Original Music Workshop.
Restaurant Stair at Original Music Workshop
Here's a construction detail of the restaurant stair at Original Music Workshop. It is a wrap-around, triangular plan staircase with multiple landings that is slightly cantilevered over the yet to be built lobby bar.
OMW Lens Flare
Construction progress and perfect lighting make for a great afternoon at Original Music Workshop .
OMW at Night
I love this light filled, night render of our design for Original Music Workshop.
Exterior Rail Detail at OMW
Here's a nice detail from a site visit at Original Music Workshop yesterday. This is the service-entry ramp rail, made from solid 1/4" plates of steel. It's certainly a case of the fabrication living up to the design intention.
OMW Scaffolding Down
Image Credit: Alexander Pincus
As exterior construction nears completion, the scaffolding has come down at Original Music Workshop.
Rough Brick and Glass Window Detail
I love this in-progress window detail on our design for Original Music Workshop.
Original Music Workshop in New York Times, Again
Original Music Workshop's creative director, Paola Prestini, and the OMW Ex-Situ series are praised in this review by The New York Times.
An Experience In The Ruin
Original Music Workshop's next event will take place within the under-construction shell of the building on May 30th and will feature works and performances by Helga Davis, Laurie Anderson, Jeffrey Zeigler, Philip Glass, Tim Fain, Maya Beiser, Erika Harrsch, Bryce Dessner, and Suzanne Vega.
Construction Progress at Original Music Workshop
Construction at Original Music Workshop is moving along swiftly. These photos show the interior performance hall and a few structural details. Notably, the springs footings for columns and beams have been put into place. These footings isolate the structure of the performance hall from vibration to reduce the amount of noise that can enter or escape the room.
Netsayi & Black Pressure at Original Music Workshop
Netsayi & Black Pressure perform live at Original Music Workshop for the latest in the series of pre-opening events at OMW.
OMW's Vocal Electrofolk in New York Times
The Original Music Workshop’s upcoming performance, Vocal Electrofolk, is mentioned in the New York Times today. The performance is this Saturday night at the Greene Space.
First Floor Concrete at OMW
Last week we poured the multi-tiered concrete slab for the first floor of Original Music Workshop.
Highlights / 2003 > 2013 / Original Music Workshop
After more than four years of work, and with a budget upwards of 15 million dollars, Original Music Workshop is Bureau V's most significant project to date. I won't go into details as it would require quite an essay, and likely a bit of psychoanalysis, but this project, probably more than any other, has made me re-evaluate everything I thought about making architecture, from process, to ambition, to execution. Mostly for the better (I think). I can say, with much excitement, that we are now roughly at mid-construction, with an opening set for the end of 2013.
Highlights / 2003 > 2013 / Deliverables
Radiant Emblematic Structure » Paint, Reflective Tape, and Ink on Archival Paper | 30” x 60”
Radiant Emblematic Structure was exhibited at Land of Tomorrow in 2009 along with other works in the Deliverables series. These drawings, created through processes such as computer-generated graphics, hand drawing, applique, paint, and collage, make up an ongoing experiment that seeks to find new values for the architectural deliverable outside the functions of presentation and construction.
Radiant Emblematic Structure » Detail
Radiant Emblematic Structure » Detail
Highlights / 2003 > 2013 / Abacus
Here's another in the overly long list of projects that went unbuilt. This undulating landscape was commissioned by the Whitney Museum for its retrospective, Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. It was part of a collaborative performance piece we developed with playwright Lars Jan that recombined material and rhetorical tropes of Buckminster Fuller’s oeuvre. Our ambition was to combine the flourish of Fuller's writings with a wild interpretation of his strategies for assembly. Unfortunately, we lost funding for the project before we could begin construction.
First Floor Steelwork At OMW
Steelwork on the first level of the Original Music Workshop is nearing completion.