Last week we brought you the news that Cambridge-based MOS (Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith) had won this year’s PS1/MoMA WarmUp competition. Today we bring you the news obvious that Yale is very into anything Yale, particularly when it has to do with Yale architects and architecture. From the Yale (sorry, that’s the last time) Daily News, a quick story/interview with Sample, who goes a little further in explaining the winning “afterparty” and its appropriateness for our recession.

“Afterparty” reflects its surroundings in other ways as well. Sample said she and Meredith deliberately used “primitive, experimental” materials such as thatch, foam and concrete, which have a “different, fun sort of texture.” With its raw, industrial look, the landscape fits today’s economic realities, Sample said.

“The idea is back-to-basics for architecture right now,” she added, citing “the use of raw material, which is easy and affordable.”

Barry concurs!

“It’s the spirit of the times,” Bergdoll said. “The party will go on but it won’t be a flashy party … That catches a wonderful spirit of appropriate fun in the time of a recession.”

And then, last few grafs, a little slip-in mention of Yale (argh! sorry!) critic Martin Cox, whose pun-tastic (and therefore beloved-by-us) proposal PSi: Summer Blow Up, was particularly beloved-by-Barry-as-well. Ever the inscrutable architect, Cox said that it was “an honor” to participate. But also his is very easy to install. Just FYI. If you’re wondering. Just in case. Just putting it out there. Yup.

An urban vision [Yale Daily News]