ALI FORNEY CENTER
This MoMA commissioned project aims to redefine queer youth homeless care through the design of an identity-affirming salon and sensory therapy room as permanent installations at the Ali Forney Center’s new Times Square headquarters and drop-in center.
Incepted through an innovative, hands-on workshop with AFC youth and staff, the designs directly reflect the needs and imaginations of the people who will ultimately use the spaces.
Location | Times Square, NYC
Category | Institutional, Cultural
Client | The Museum of Modern Art and Ali Forney Center
Status | Complete [2024]
With Agency—Agency in collaboration with Chris Woebken Studio
Team | Tei Carpenter, Kelvin Lee, Chris Woebken, Saralee Sittigaroon
Ideation | Dae Artist, AFC
Fabrication | Obfluent, Pneuhaus, Sampson Mills
Video | Jake Robbins/Public Assistants
Featured in Architectural Digest and MoMA Year in Review
1’=1” salon model
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