Here are the finalist designs for the 2020 City of Dreams Pavilion on Roosevelt Island

Five designs have been selected to advance to the final round of this year's edition of the City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition. 

Organized by FIGMENT in collaboration with the Emerging New York Architects Committee of the American Institute of Architects NY Chapter and the Structural Engineers Association of New York, the latest brief of the annual initiative asks participants to design (and if chosen, construct) an architectural pavilion in Lighthouse Park on NYC's Roosevelt Island, the City of Dreams Pavilion. The temporary structure will serve as a gathering place and event site during the arts event FIGMENT NYC and throughout the summer season.

The winners of the 2019 edition, Somewhere Studio’s Jessica Colangelo (Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas) and Charles Sharpless (lecturer at the University of Arkansas), will act as design mentors to the five finalists and the winning design team.

Check out the five finalist designs below:

Ecosphere (see cover pic) by Murr Architekten (Sebastian Ballauf, Daniela Ditta, Oliver Jahnke, Carlos Martinez, Katherina Murr, Sebastian Murr, and Bojan Vucen)      

Project description: "A green sphere created by plants and light, framed by a rigid scaffolding structure, evokes creative memories and fantasies and invites interaction, discussion, and interpretation, promoting awareness of our connection to the planet. Ecosphere’s open structure at the ground level allows visitors to enter and find covered, intimate places in the middle of the Lighthouse Park. The pavilion provides a backdrop for performances, lectures, music, shows, and more. Ecosphere can serve as a unifying symbol, representing the natural environment in an artificial surrounding, and a bright illuminated celebration of the future."

LaLuna by Maa Giulia with Space Travellers and Michele Versaci, in collaboration with Ilaria Bellotti and Masoud Khodadadi