Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

art installation, London, United Kingdom

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The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was an art installation designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the firm SANAA. Located in London's Kensington Gardens, this pavilion was part of an annual tradition where a different architect designs a temporary structure for the gallery. SANAA's design for the 2009 pavilion was noted for its minimalist aesthetic and fluid spatial qualities, characteristic of their architectural style. The pavilion served as a temporary venue for public events and exhibitions within the park setting.12

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…was chosen to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens in London, a temporary structure commissioned by the gallery. He created an ethereal, semitransparent grid of white steel tubes that merged with the landscape, at once cloudlike and formal in its composition. The multitiered space urged the organic flow…
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…was chosen to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens in London, a temporary structure commissioned by the gallery. He created an ethereal, semitransparent grid of white steel tubes that merged with the landscape, at once cloudlike and formal in its composition. The multitiered space urged the organic flow…
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