How does the MoMA garden relate to other spaces in the city? What makes it
special? How does the architecture relate to the space?
The MoMA garden seems to be a center of all amazing architecture in the city. Being a centroid of this modern architecture, it has a view of an art deco apartment; the Wardrobe building, also known as the AT&T building; and skyscrapers that gives you a full view of range of the neighborhood. What makes this area special is that it is alos a privately owned public space, that people are able to gather in and interact.
I think of the garden itself being architecturally significant; there is a reference to Le Corbusier at the buildings. Pilotis holding up a roof that saves you from the rain. The relief in the buildings is an emphasis that stands out to me, creating a more of a balance in the facades of the buildings that feels right. Not a balance of a scale, but just a balance of not wanting to change the current design.
Overall, the garden was aesthetically pleasing from the interior point of view of the MoMA. The floor to ceiling glass gives you the feeilng of being outdoors without being in the rain, the high ceilings make you forget one exists, the large flat plaza feels like it continues into the exterior, even though there is a material difference between the two.
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