13th Annual Fête:
Friends Party
Saturday July 25, 2026
3-10PM
The Block House,
Building 9 Nolan Park
Governors Island, NY
Photos by Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr.
Thank you for joining us on July 25th for our 13th Annual Fête: Friends Party!
Bridge Street Sound returned with an incredible DJ line-up including Bereket, Sevyn, Donis, and Juju. With their soundsystem sending vibrations through the island, they set the mood and got us dancing!
Designed by stock-a-studio, the DJ booth and lighting rig displayed a solar-powered array of lights that turned the alleyway between Building 9 and 10 in Nolan Park into a glowing outdoor dancefloor.
As the sun set, a cinematic program presented by the Film-Makers Cooperative bloomed across a series of projection screens in the park. Curated by Zacarias Gonzalez, the series of short-films - titled Mutualism - focused on themes of ecological co-existence: living so that other lives thrive alongside our own, a civic practice as much as a natural one.
Thank you for joining us for an amazing night of dancing and celebration - see you next year!
SOUND SYSTEM AND DJ LINE UP
Bridge Street Sound
Featuring:
Bereket
Sevyn
Donis
Juju
ARCHIVAL FILM PROGRAM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
Curated by Zacarías González
DJ BOOTH AND SOLAR LIGHTING RIG DESIGN
Xavi Aguirre, MIT Disassemblies Research and Design Lab
Team: Rizek Bahbah
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Deborah Garcia
MOBILE PIZZA OVEN
Pizzeria Fantastica
Bridge Street Sound returned with an incredible DJ line-up including Bereket, Sevyn, Donis, and Juju. With their soundsystem sending vibrations through the island, they set the mood and got us dancing!
Designed by stock-a-studio, the DJ booth and lighting rig displayed a solar-powered array of lights that turned the alleyway between Building 9 and 10 in Nolan Park into a glowing outdoor dancefloor.
As the sun set, a cinematic program presented by the Film-Makers Cooperative bloomed across a series of projection screens in the park. Curated by Zacarias Gonzalez, the series of short-films - titled Mutualism - focused on themes of ecological co-existence: living so that other lives thrive alongside our own, a civic practice as much as a natural one.
Thank you for joining us for an amazing night of dancing and celebration - see you next year!
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Residency Sponsor
Warburg Pincus
Party Infrastructure Sponsors
MIT DISASSEMBLIES Research and Design Lab
Yale School of Architecture
House of Jax
Classic Harbor Line
New Affiliates
Friends Party Benefit Committee
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Peterson Rich Office
PAZ Events
Quilian Riano
Sagi Golan
Janet Liff
Tracey Hummer
Curry Hackett
Roz Palmer
Arthur Platt
David Cunningham
Mark Gardner
Media Sponsors
The Architect's Newspaper
Food and Beverage
Pizzeria Fantastica
Pier Wines
Pablo’s Mate
Yola Mezcal
Six Coasts
Residency Sponsor
Warburg Pincus
Party Infrastructure Sponsors
MIT DISASSEMBLIES Research and Design Lab
Yale School of Architecture
House of Jax
Classic Harbor Line
New Affiliates
Friends Party Benefit Committee
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Peterson Rich Office
PAZ Events
Quilian Riano
Sagi Golan
Janet Liff
Tracey Hummer
Curry Hackett
Roz Palmer
Arthur Platt
David Cunningham
Mark Gardner
Media Sponsors
The Architect's Newspaper
Food and Beverage
Pizzeria Fantastica
Pier Wines
Pablo’s Mate
Yola Mezcal
Six Coasts
SOUND SYSTEM AND DJ LINE UP
Bridge Street Sound
Featuring:
Bereket
Sevyn
Donis
Juju
ARCHIVAL FILM PROGRAM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
Curated by Zacarías González
DJ BOOTH AND SOLAR LIGHTING RIG DESIGN
Xavi Aguirre, MIT Disassemblies Research and Design Lab
Team: Rizek Bahbah
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Deborah Garcia
MOBILE PIZZA OVEN
Pizzeria Fantastica
