Ken Smith Moma Roof Garden

Peter reed curator the museum of modern art 26 april 2002 on invitation by moma ken smith submits materials for unspecified purpose.

Ken smith moma roof garden.

Plastic plants artificial boulders and crushed recycled glass. Winner of 8 asla. It is however about another roof garden in midtown manhattan a student project by martha schwartz. Never to be accessible to the general public the 17 400 square foot garden sitting six floors above street level was destined to function more as one of the museum s collected.

Never to be accessible to the general public the 17 400 square foot garden sitting six floors above street level was destined to function more as one of the museum s collected works of. The museum of modern art roof garden new york ny. The design of the roof garden appropriates the visual vocabulary of military camouflage to create a garden that simultaneously disguises the roof while making it highly visible. Ken smith designed this art oriented roof garden for the new taniguchi designed addition to the museum.

Orange county great park. 1271 avenue of the americas. The museum of modern art roof garden designed by ken smith landscape architects. Ken smith landscape architect new york ny.

In 2002 moma curator peter reed asked ken smith to propose an imaginative roofscape installation for the new gallery addition by architect yoshio taniguchi. Orange county great park. Orange county great park. In 2002 moma curator peter reed asked ken smith to propose an imaginative roofscape installation for the new gallery addition by architect yoshio taniguchi.

Rooftop garden moma location. The garden s composition is a camouflage pattern the better to hide the building. The museum of modern art roof garden early november 2002 smith meets with museum staff and curators to discuss parameters of the roof project. Photo by peter mauss esto this post is decorated with photos of ken smith s roof garden for moma.

In designing a pair of low maintenance roof gardens for the museum of modern art ken smith found the perfect answer. The museum responded by turning to landscape architect ken smith who said let s camouflage it he made the moma roof garden out of colored gravel tropical plants and curving ponds of water. View from warwick hoel sixth avenue and 54th street.