1. 02.26.10

    Times Square. Heart Comes Down Today. Check Back Soon for a Time-Lapse of the Project

  2. 02.26.10

    Times Square. Heart Comes Down Today

  3. 02.26.10

    Times Square. Heart Comes Down Today

  4. 02.26.10

    Times Square. Heart Comes Down Today

  5. 02.26.10

    Times Square. Heart Comes Down Today

  6. 02.26.10

    Times Square. Heart Comes Down Today

  7. 02.25.10

    Times Square. Last Day (Heart Comes Down 02.26.10)

  8. 02.25.10

    Times Square. Last Day (Heart Comes Down 02.26.10)

  9. 02.25.10

    Times Square. Last Day (Heart Comes Down 02.26.10)

  10. 02.25.10

    Times Square. Last Day (Heart Comes Down 02.26.10)

  11. 02.25.10

    Times Square. Last Day (Heart Comes Down 02.26.10)

  12. 02.24.10

    Times Square. Detail: More Holes Appear

  13. 02.24.10

    Times Square. Detail: More Holes Appear

  14. 02.24.10

    Times Square. Rain Stops, More Holes Appear

  15. 02.24.10

    Times Square. Rain Stops, More Holes Appear

  16. 02.23.10

    Times Square. Rainy Day

  17. 02.23.10

    Times Square. Rain Helps the Melting

  18. 02.22.10

    Times Square. Losing Rows off the Top

  19. 02.21.10

    Times Square. Another Warm Day

  20. 02.20.10

    Times Square. Day 9: Warmer Weather Sets In

  21. 02.20.10

    Times Square. Day 9: Warmer Weather Sets In

  22. 02.17.10

    Times Square. The Ice is Slowly Melting

  23. 02.17.10

    Times Square. Reflected Light: Red

  24. 02.17.10

    Times Square. Reflected Light: Blue

  25. 02.17.10

    Times Square. Reflected Light: White

  26. 02.16.10

    Times Square. The Holiday Weekend is Over

  27. 02.16.10

    Times Square. Snow Covered

  28. 02.16.10

    Times Square. Detail: Edges Softening, Snow Gathering

  29. 02.16.10

    Times Square. Heart from Above

  30. 02.16.10

    Times Square. Rain and Snow Falling

  31. 02.14.10

    Times Square. In the Heart of Times Square

  32. 02.14.10

    Times Square. Shaft of Light

  33. 02.14.10

    Times Square. Photo Opportunity

  34. 02.14.10

    Times Square. Happy Valentine's Day

  35. 02.13.10

    Times Square. Ice Heart Open for Business

  36. 02.12.10

    Times Square. Installation

  37. 02.12.10

    Times Square. Installation

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    Times Square. Installation

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    Times Square. Installation

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    Times Square. Installation

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    Times Square. Installation

  42. 02.12.10

    Times Square. Installation

  43. 02.11.10

    Times Square. Installation

  44. 02.11.10

    Times Square. Installation

  45. 02.11.10

    Times Square. Installation

  46. 02.11.10

    Times Square. Installation

  47. 02.10.10

    Times Square. Snow Delay, Installation Postponed to 02.12.10

  48. 02.08.10

    Times Square. Time-Lapse Camera Setup

  49. 02.08.10

    Times Square. Time-Lapse Camera Setup

  50. 02.08.10

    Times Square. Preliminary Lighting Alignment

  51. 02.08.10

    Times Square. Lighting Installation

  52. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  53. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  54. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  55. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  56. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  57. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  58. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  59. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Block Fabrication

  60. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice

  61. 02.02.10

    Okamoto Studio. Ice Carving Tools

  62. 01.27.10

    Times Square. Scouting Shot w/Model

 

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Times Square Valentine, 2010

Designed by Moorhead & Moorhead for the Times Square Alliance, Ice Heart is a 10 foot tall heart constructed of masonry scaled blocks of ice. Kaleidoscopic in nature, the ice blocks pick up the lights, colors and activity of Times Square, feeding off its natural chaos.

Ultimately Ice Heart is a celebration of the temporary nature of the Times Square Valentine installation. Left to run its own course, the heart will slowly transform, as it melts, eventually disappearing completely.

The Art Review Committee of the Times Square Alliance selected Ice Heart from four invited submissions (the other finalists were Aranda/Lasch, Situ Studio and su11). The committee included Barry Bergdoll, MoMA; Tom Finkelpearl, Queens Museum of Art; RoseLee Goldberg, Performa; Cora Cahan, The New 42nd Street; Marvin Davis, Davis Reality and Jennifer Lantzas, NYC Parks.

Ice Heart will be installed in Times Square, at 46th and Broadway, on the morning of February 11th.

Moorhead & Moorhead

Moorhead & Moorhead is a New York-based architecture and industrial design studio, formed in 2000 by brothers Granger and Robert Moorhead. The firm's projects range in scale from furniture to exhibit design to architecture. At the core of the work is an interest in materials.

Recent project include furniture designs for furniture manufacturer lerival, exhibits for the Center for Architecture, as well as a range of residential commissions in and around the City.

The brothers' work has been widely published and exhibited, both in the US and abroad. In 2006 they were included in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's triennial survey, Design Life Now; and in 2008 they were named Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York.

Design Team

Architect:
Moorhead & Moorhead
Structural Engineer:
Robert Silman Associates
Lighting Designer:
Tillett Lighting Design Inc.
Identity / Web Designer:
PS New York
Programmers:
Nicholas Castrop
Eugene Zatepyakin
(E-valentine)
Photographer:
Bjorn Wallander

Fabrication Team

Ice Sculptor:
Okamoto Studio
Lighting Supplier:
Altman Lighting Co. Inc.
Electrician:
Levest Electric Corp.

Press

Roving Ryan
The Village Voice
USA Today
UnBeige
New York Times
Flavorpill
UrbanOmnibus
eOculus
Fast Company
Architect's Newspaper
Our Town
Animal New York

Contact

General Inquiries:
info@moorheadandmoorhead.com
Press Inquiries:
press@moorheadandmoorhead.com