Friday 8 June 2012

2012 Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, completion

The 2012 Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, opened on i June 2012 in Kensington Gardens, London, UK.

2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion 2012

Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion 2012

Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion 2012

Eleven columns characterising each past pavilion and a twelfth column representing the current structure  support a floating platform roof, which can collect rainwater. The pavilion's interior is clad in cork, a sustainable building material chosen for its unique qualities and to echo the excavated earth.


Below is a video of some of the preparation and completion of the pavilion:


Serpentine Gallery website.

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