Experimental Architecture Decorates the 2009 Coachella Music Festival
The comissioned temporary structures provided patrons with light, heating, cooling, and shade.
From the Los Angeles Times -- Interior Design, 4/21/2009 12:00:00 AM
Elastic Plastic Sponge by L.A. architects Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues with students from the Southern California Institute of Architecture
From the Los Angeles Times: The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has drawn some fire in recent years, mostly from indie-rock purists, for booking world-famous baby boomer headliners, including an opening night set this time around from Paul McCartney. But in other ways its organizers continue to make room for experimental culture's sometimes ragged fringe. The curator of Coachella's art programs, Philip Blaine, commissioned a number of pavilions this year that straddled the line between architecture and installation art. They also took advantage of the growing prominence of temporary structures in a world suddenly drained of capital.
The short-term future of American cities, after all, involves lots of provisional and low-budget projects—and a whole lot fewer iconic towers. In that sense, Coachella—at least in its nooks and crannies, far from its main stages or any former Beatle—seemed to be sketching a loose blueprint for young architects to follow. Leading the way in that regard were the talented L.A. architects Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues, who worked with a group of students from the Southern California Institute of Architecture to create an imperfect but hugely charismatic Coachella installation called Elastic Plastic Sponge (pictured at top).
To read on and to see a slideshow of the temporary architecture, visit the Los Angeles Times.
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