bam! wins YAP MAXXI 2013

Turin-based studio bam! (bottega di architettura metropolitana) has designed the winning entry of the 2013 Young Architects Program (YAP) MAXXI in Rome.

YAP is an annual competition that supports and promotes young and emerging architects in collaboration with MAXXI Architettura, MoMA/MoMA PS1 of New York, Constructo of Santiago and, for the first time, Istanbul Modern, Turkey.

The winning design, called "He" is intended to attract and impress viewers, with its massive scale and innovative ideas. 
The project will see the MAXXI facade transformed with a giant yellow prism-shaped balloon, which will provide shelter from the sun during the daytime and light the area in the evening throughout the summer.

As well as providing shade "He" will also drip water, creating a refreshing curtain for the public trying to escape the heat, whilst in the evening it will drench the area with a warm yellow glow as it rises up to the height of the museum, acting as a lantern in the sky.

Being installed on the 20th June 2013 for the duration of the summer, "He" will then be deflated, with it's Helium being collected and used for scientific and medical research, whilst the balloon itself will be recycled.