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UNITED KINGDOM / London: SelgasCano's 2015 Serpentine Pavilion
by Modem – Posted June 01 2015
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SelgasCano revealed its design ideas for the 15th edition of the Serpentine Pavilion, commissioned by Serpentine Galleries and sponsored by Goldman Sachs. The architectural work will be located in London’s Kensington Gardens and will be open to public from June 23th to October 18th, 2015.

The Spanish architects Selgas and Lucía Cano envisioned the temporary architecture as an amorphous, double-skinned, polygonal structure consisting of panels of a translucent, multicolored fabric membrane (ETFE), woven through and wrapped in webbing. Visitors will be able to enter and exit the Pavilion at a number of different points, passing through a secret corridor between the outer and inner layer of the structure, and into the Pavilion’s brilliant, stained glass-effect interior.

"We sought a way to allow the public to experience architecture through simple elements: structure, light, transparency, shadows, lightness, form, sensitivity, change, surprise, color and materials," said the Madrid-based architects in an official statement.

On each Friday night, between July and September, the Pavilion will host the so-called Serpentine’s Park Nights sponsored by COS. The events will bring together art, poetry, music, film, and literature, whilst putting three contemporary art commissions on display, conceived by Jesse Darling, Fleur Melbourn and Marianna Simnett.

For more information, please consult Serpentine Galleries’ website.

Picture courtesy of SelgasCano.

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