DESIGNS UNVEILED FOR 2015 SERPENTINE GALLERY PAVILION

The Serpentine Gallery has unveiled SelgasCano‘s designs for the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion in London, reports Archdaily’s Rory Stott. The pavilion will feature a colorful “chrysalis” structure made from a double layer of ETFE membrane wrapped in webbing.

“In keeping with their reputation for playful designs and bold use of color, SelgasCano’s structure will be an extraordinary chrysalis-like structure, as organic as the surrounding gardens,” said Serpentine Gallery directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist. “We can’t wait to go inside to experience the light diffused through the colored panels like stained glass windows.”

Said SelgasCano: “When the Serpentine invited us to design the Pavilion, we began to think about what the structure needed to provide and what materials should be used in a Royal Park in London. These questions, mixed with our own architectural interests and the knowledge that the design needs to connect with nature and feel part of the landscape, provided us with a concept based on pure visitor experience.”