The Serpentine Gallery is one of the UK’s most prestigious art galleries. Each summer, the Serpentine commissions an internationally acclaimed architect to design a temporary pavilion for its lawn. This year’s pavilion is co-designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and innovative structural designer Cecil Balmond.
The centrepiece of the design is a spectacular ovoid-shaped inflatable canopy that floats above the gallery’s lawn. Made from translucent material, the canopy is raised into the air or lowered to cover the amphitheatre below according to the weather. A frieze designed by Thomas Demand marks the first collaboration between an artist and the designers of the pavilion.
The walled enclosure below the canopy functions both as a café and event space which since its opening in July has played host to public talks, film screenings and the much celebrated Serpentine Summer Party.
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