New York studio Snarkitecture has taken over a space at Hudson Yards to allow the public to explore its experiments, including an inaugural installation comprising a landscape of cork-clad columns.
Snark Park sits on the second floor of The Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards, the retail and entertainment complex opening to the public at the huge Manhattan development today.

It offers a perennial place for exhibitions and events created by the studio, which has previously focused on temporary structures and installations ? like its bouncy playground in Hong Kong and a sea of translucent balls in Washington DC.
"This is our first permanent Snarkitecture project," partner Alex Mustonen told Dezeen. "We've done many projects for other clients, but this is the first one really for ourselves."
Facing onto the plaza at the centre of Hudson Yards and visible from Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel, Snark Park aims to entice visitors into the shopping mall with immersive experiences.
The space will feature a rotating installation programme, set to change approximately every four months.

"For us to be able to have this playground and laboratory to be able to test things, to incubate ideas from the studio in a real-life scenario is unique," said Mustonen.

The first exhibition is titled Lost and Found, and comprises a forest of grey cylindrical pillars set within an equally monochrome room ? in line with Snarkitecture's typical palette.

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