The annual installation at pool at Manhattan Park Apartments on Roosevelt Island was officially launched on Memorial Day. The installation, designed in collaboration with K&CO in 2015, enters its 5th year and features New York based artist Elizabeth Sutton, whose mural replaces the 2018 painting by Technodrome1.
Over the weekend, I spent an afternoon at our recently completed project in Portland with Sally Painter to document the space, and hereby present: random behind the scene shots…
The 2018 PA/KCO Holiday Party, in pictures.
Construction Update: our project in Portland is picking up steam, with work in the ceiling is wrapping up in advance of painting and acoustic treatments in the Portland Tech Office Pliskin Architecture is working on with GBD Architects. Check out the latest photos after the jump.
Last week saw an expansion of pa|nyc and K&Co’s 3D printing capabilities, with the addition of a Prusa i3 MK3 3D printer to the our shared office. Above is an in process shot of the printing of the first print on the new machine – of a schematic model of an upcoming project.
Our first ground-up residential building in Brooklyn is taking shape. With the structure topped-out, the site is being prepped for arrival of windows later this month. Additionally, drywall, HVAC, and plumbing trades are on site pushing towards a mid-2019 completion.
It took a while, but with the help of Ori Raviv of lamalo.us, we’ve finally launched a new interactive project map to expand how our projects can be explored in our website. With projects broken up by status (completed, in-process, and unbuilt proposals), the map creates another portal through which people can discover our work.
Looking back through several years of work, and through different project typologies, a slight obsession with linework explorations is evident. We like lines, so it seems, and here are some of my favorites from the last 4 years or so.
The 4th year of the MP Pool Party murals, the K&CO and pa|nyc designed summer installations around a pool on Roosevelt Island, opened this past May, with 2018 Artist Technodrome1. Similar to previous years, a limited palette of bright colors were used to bring life to the pool, with each year taking its own character… Read more »
July 2018 saw the first combined PAKCO Summer excursion, which included a day with roller coasters and an evening celebrating completed work, good food, and our growing team. Shortly following recent launch anniversaries, with the pa|nyc team entering its 6th year of existence and K&CO launching its 4th year, we were spent a sunny day… Read more »
Our shared office with K&CO got it’s first round of decorative lighting installed last week, adding another layer of personalization to our space. The largest addition to the office was the conference room, where two oversize dome pendants were introduced. The 4′ diameter lights, designed by Krista Ninivaggi, are pretty darn awesome, objectively speaking…
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MP Pool, a recap
The Manhattan Park Pool is opening for its summer this weekend, with a new mural by Technodrome1, so quickly before it opens, a recap of the MP Pool Party series thus far. Above, the pool in 2014, before the installations.